Simple bone cysts treated by percutaneous autologous marrow grafting - A preliminary report


Lokiec F., Ezra E., Khermosh O., Wientroub S.

JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME, vol.78B, no.6, pp.934-937, 1996 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

We prospectively evaluated the percutaneous injection of autogenous bone marrow for the treatment of active simple bone cysts in ten consecutive children with cysts in the proximal humerus, proximal femur or tibia. The treatment included percutaneous biopsy, aspiration of fluid and the injection of autogenous bone marrow aspirated from the iliac crest,