Computerised tomography features of giant cell tumour of the knee are associated with local recurrence after extended curettage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Extended curettage has increasingly become the preferred treatment for giant cell tumour of bone (GCTB), but the high recurrence rate after curettage poses a major challenge for orthopaedic surgeons. Computed tomography (CT) is valuable in the evaluation of GCTB. Our aim was to identify specific features of GCTB around the knee in pre-operative CT images that might have prognostic value for local recurrence.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed data from 124 patients with primary GCTB around the knee who underwent extended curettage from 2010 through 2019. We collected demographic, clinical, and therapeutic data along with several CT-derived tumour characteristics. CT-derived tumor characteristics included tumour size, the distance between the tumour edge and artic

SUBMITTER: Zhou L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782792 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature