Osteoblastoma Treatment

Osteoblastoma Treatment can be local curettage and bone grafting to filling the cavity. According to a special spinal anatomy, the current treatment methods are:

Local curettage: Osteoblastoma on spine can be cured by local curettage, the recurrence rate is also lower. Such as wide local excision difficulties abrasion can only be carried out, to be combined with postoperative radiotherapy.

At the same time, spinal decompression therapy if there is nerve root or spinal cord compression symptoms, surgical treatment, which aims to decompression. Depends primarily on the effects of decompression and the extent and timing of oppression, as well as the decompression is complete.

Radiotherapy can not be applied to surgery patients with postoperative recurrence or need to visit the patients with adjuvant therapy. Radiation dose is generally 20 ~ 50Gy.

Prognosis of osteoblastoma should be retained. Should closely monitor the follow-up to prevent malignant transformation. Cases of exposure should pay even more attention will translate into fibrosarcoma or osteosarcoma. Recurrence rate after surgery is not more than 10%.