Conventional vs. endoscopic-assisted curettage of benign bone tumours. An experimental study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This experimental study aimed at directly comparing conventional and endoscopic-assisted curettage towards (1) amount of residual tumour tissue (RTT) and (2) differences between techniques regarding surgical time and surgeons' experience level.

Methods

Three orthopaedic surgeons (trainee, consultant, senior consultant) performed both conventional (4x each) and endoscopic-assisted curettages (4x each) on specifically prepared cortical-soft cancellous femur and tibia sawbone models. "Tumours" consisted of radio-opaque polyurethane-based foam injected into prepared holes. Pre- and postinterventional CT-scans were carried out and RTT assessed on CT-scans. For statistical analyses, percentage of RTT in relation to total lesion's volume was used. T-tests, Wilcoxon rank-

SUBMITTER: Smolle MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11225110 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature