OBJECTIVE: Percutaneous CT-guided radiofrequency ablation (CT-RFA) is a widely accepted procedure for treatment of osteoid osteomas. However, the application of CT-RFA was restricted as a result of some drawbacks, such as radiation exposure, and inconvenience in general anesthesia. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intra-operative TiRobot-assisted percutaneous RFA of osteoid osteomas.
METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 21 medical files of patients who were treated with percutaneous RFA of osteoid osteomas guided by the TiRobot system in our institution between March 2021 and April 2022. The three-dimensional images obtained by a 3D C-arm intra-operatively were sent to the TiRobot system. The puncture point and trajectory were designed. Then the guide pin was positioned to the lesion with the assistance of TiRobot and the biopsy sheath was inserted into the lesion through the guide pin. The tumor was biopsied for pathological examination. Then the RFA needle was inserted into the nidus through the biopsy sheath for thermal ablation. Data were extracted on the associated complications, the reduction in pain at 1 month and 1 year postoperatively assessed by the visual analogue scale (VAS). A paired t-test was used to compare the pre-operative and post-operative VAS scores.
RESULTS: The patients included 17 males and four females with a mean age of 19.5 ± 10.4 years (range 3-45 years). Lesions were located on the femur in nine cases, on the tibia in nine cases, on the humerus in one case, on the calcaneus in one case, and on the acetabulum in one case. TiRobot-assisted percutaneous RFA was successfully performed on all 21 patients. There was no intra-operative or post-operative complications observed. Pathological diagnosis of osteoid osteoma was obtained in 11 patients, but the other 10 cases were not pathologically diagnosed. The mean follow-up time was 18.8 months (range: 12-26 months).Post-operative VAS scores were reduced significantly in all cases. The mean VAS score decreased from 6.5 pre-operatively to 0.5 at 1 month post-operatively and to 0.1 at 1 year post-operatively.
CONCLUSIONS: As a reliable technique for localizing and resection of nidus, TiRobot-assisted percutaneous RFA is a safe and effective option for the treatment of osteoid osteomas.

BACKGROUND: Osteoid osteoma (OO) is a benign lesion characterized by an increased fibrous component in the bone marrow, presence of bone-like structures within the medullary cavity, and a surrounding sclerotic bone rim. Reports on OO located in the posterior proximal tibia are rare.
METHODS: Herein, we report the case of an 18-year-old male, admitted for the evaluation of right knee pain. The right knee pain had started 6 months prior without any apparent cause, which was notably severe at night, affecting sleep, and was exacerbated while climbing stairs or bearing weight. The patient also experienced pain on flexion. Three-dimensional computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a nodular lesion beneath the cortical bone of the posterior medial plateau of the right tibia and an abnormal signal focus on the posterior lateral aspect of the right tibial plateau associated with extensive bone marrow edema. A small amount of fluid was present in the right knee joint capsule. The patient subsequently underwent arthroscopic excision of the OO. Postoperatively, there was significant relief of pain, and the knee range of motion returned to normal.
CONCLUSIONS: Although OO in the posterior proximal tibia is a rare occurrence, it can be effectively excised through minimally invasive arthroscopic visualization.

UNASSIGNED: To compare the accuracy and effectiveness of orthopaedic robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery versus open surgery for limb osteoid osteoma.
UNASSIGNED: A clinical data of 36 patients with limb osteoid osteomas admitted between June 2016 and June 2023 was retrospectively analyzed. Among them, 16 patients underwent orthopaedic robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (robot-assisted surgery group), and 20 patients underwent tumor resection after lotcated by C-arm X-ray fluoroscopy (open surgery group). There was no significant difference between the two groups in the gender, age, lesion site, tumor nidus diameter, and preoperative pain visual analogue scale (VAS) scores ( P>0.05). The operation time, lesion resection time, intraoperative blood loss, intraoperative fluoroscopy frequency, lesion resection accuracy, and postoperative analgesic use frequency were recorded and compared between the two groups. The VAS scores for pain severity were compared preoperatively and at 3 days and 3 months postoperatively.
UNASSIGNED: Compared with the open surgery group, the robot-assisted surgery group had a longer operation time, less intraoperative blood loss, less fluoroscopy frequency, less postoperative analgesic use frequency, and higher lesion resection accuracy ( P<0.05). There was no significant difference in lesion resection time ( P>0.05). All patients were followed up after surgery, with a follow-up period of 3-24 months (median, 12 months) in the two groups. No postoperative complication such as wound infection or fracture occurred in either group during follow-up. No tumor recurrence was observed during follow-up. The VAS scores significantly improved in both groups at 3 days and 3 months after surgery when compared with preoperative value ( P<0.05). The VAS score at 3 days after surgery was significantly lower in robot-assisted surgery group than that in open surgery group ( P<0.05). However, there was no significant difference in VAS scores at 3 months between the two groups ( P>0.05).
UNASSIGNED: Compared with open surgery, robot-assisted resection of limb osteoid osteomas has longer operation time, but the accuracy of lesion resection improve, intraoperative blood loss reduce, and early postoperative pain is lighter. It has the advantages of precision and minimally invasive surgery.
UNASSIGNED: 比较骨科机器人辅助微创手术与开放手术切除肢体骨样骨瘤的准确性与疗效。.
UNASSIGNED: 回顾分析2016年6月—2023年6月收治的36例肢体骨样骨瘤患者临床资料，其中16例选择骨科机器人辅助微创切除瘤巢手术（机器人手术组），20例采用常规C臂X线机透视定位后切除肿瘤（开放手术组）。两组患者性别、年龄、病灶部位、瘤巢直径以及术前疼痛视觉模拟评分（VAS）等基线资料比较，差异均无统计学意义（ P>0.05）。记录并比较两组手术时间、病灶切除时间、术中出血量、术中透视次数、病灶切除准确度、术后止痛药使用次数，以及术前及术后3 d、3个月疼痛程度（VAS评分）。.
UNASSIGNED: 与开放手术组相比，机器人手术组手术时间延长，但术中出血量、透视次数及术后止痛药使用次数均减少，病灶切除准确度提高，差异均有统计学意义（ P<0.05）；病灶切除时间差异无统计学意义（ P>0.05）。两组患者术后均获随访，随访时间均为3～24个月，中位时间均为12个月。术后两组均无切口感染、骨折等并发症发生。随访期间均无肿瘤复发。两组患者术后3 d、3个月时VAS 评分均较术前改善（ P<0.05）；术后3 d机器人手术组VAS评分较开放手术组更低（ P<0.05），但术后3个月VAS评分组间差异无统计学意义（ P>0.05）。.
UNASSIGNED: 与开放手术相比，骨科机器人辅助下切除肢体骨样骨瘤虽然手术时间延长，但病灶切除准确度提高、术中出血量减少、术后早期疼痛程度更轻，具有精准、微创优势。.

UNASSIGNED: To investigate short-term effectiveness and clinical application advantages of orthopedic robot-assisted resection for osteoid osteoma compared with traditional open surgery.
UNASSIGNED: A retrospective analysis was conducted on clinical data of 48 osteoid osteoma patients who met the selection criteria between July 2022 and April 2023. Among them, 23 patients underwent orthopedic robot-assisted resection (robot-assisted surgery group), and 25 patients received traditional open surgery (traditional surgery group). There was no significant difference ( P>0.05) in gender, age, disease duration, lesion location and size, and preoperative visual analogue scale (VAS) score, and musculoskeletal tumor society (MSTS) score between the two groups. The surgical time, intraoperative blood loss, intraoperative lesion localization time, initial localization success rate, infection, and recurrence were recorded and compared. VAS scores before surgery and at 24 hours, 1, 3, 6, and 9 months after surgery and MSTS score before surgery and at 3 months after surgery were assessed.
UNASSIGNED: All patients completed the surgery successfully, with no significant difference in surgical time between the two groups ( P>0.05). Compared to the traditional surgery group, the robot-assisted surgery group had less intraoperative blood loss, shorter lesion localization time, and shorter hospitalization time, with significant differences ( P<0.05). The initial localization success rate was higher in the robot-assisted surgery group than in the traditional surgery group, but the difference between the two groups was not significant ( P>0.05). All patients in both groups were followed up, with the follow-up time of 3-12 months in the robot-assisted surgery group (median, 6 months) and 3-14 months in the traditional surgery group (median, 6 months). The postoperative MSTS scores of both groups improved significantly when compared to those before surgery ( P<0.05), but there was no significant difference in the changes in MSTS scores between the two groups ( P>0.05). The postoperative VAS scores of both groups showed a gradually decreasing trend over time ( P<0.05), but there was no significant difference between the two groups after surgery ( P>0.05). During follow-up, except for 1 case of postoperative infection in the traditional surgery group, there was no infections or recurrences in other cases. There was no significant difference in the incidence of postoperative infection between the two groups ( P>0.05).
UNASSIGNED: Orthopedic robot-assisted osteoid osteoma resection achieves similar short-term effectiveness when compared to traditional open surgery, with shorter lesion localization time.
UNASSIGNED: 通过与传统开放手术比较，探讨骨科机器人辅助骨样骨瘤切除的早期疗效以及临床应用优势。.
UNASSIGNED: 回顾性分析2022年7月—2023年4月符合选择标准的48例骨样骨瘤患者临床资料，其中23例接受骨科机器人辅助骨样骨瘤切除手术（机器人辅助手术组），25例行传统开放手术（传统手术组）。两组患者性别、年龄、病程、病灶部位及最大径、术前疼痛视觉模拟评分（VAS）及美国肌肉骨骼肿瘤学会（MSTS）评分比较，差异均无统计学意义（ P>0.05）。记录并比较两组手术时间、术中出血量、术中病灶定位时间与初次定位成功率、住院时间以及术后感染、肿瘤复发情况；术前以及术后24 h，1、3、6、9个月 VAS评分，术前及术后3个月MSTS评分。.
UNASSIGNED: 两组手术均顺利完成，手术时间差异无统计学意义（ P>0.05）。与传统手术组相比，机器人辅助手术组术中出血量减少、病灶定位时间及住院时间均缩短，差异有统计学意义（ P<0.05）；初次定位成功率更高，但差异无统计学意义（ P>0.05）。两组患者均获随访，其中机器人辅助手术组随访时间3～12个月，中位时间6个月；传统手术组为3～14个月，中位时间6个月。两组术后MSTS评分均较术前改善（ P<0.05），但组间MSTS评分变化值差异无统计学意义（ P>0.05）。两组术后VAS评分均随时间延长呈逐渐降低趋势（ P<0.05），但术后两组间比较差异均无统计学意义（ P>0.05）。随访期间，除传统手术组1例发生术后感染外，其余均未发生感染及肿瘤复发；两组术后感染发生率差异无统计学意义（ P>0.05）。.
UNASSIGNED: 与传统开放手术相比，骨科机器人辅助下骨样骨瘤切除术不仅能获得相似早期疗效，且术中病灶定位时间更短。.

OBJECTIVE: Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a novel noninvasive interventional technique for osteoid osteoma (OO). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of MRgFUS in the treatment of OO through a systematic review and meta-analysis of pain scores and post-treatment adverse events before and after MRgFUS treatment.
METHODS: A comprehensive literature search of PubMed, Embase, Web of science, and Cochrane Library databases was conducted to screen the study literature based on inclusion and exclusion criteria to extract and analyze pre- and post-treatment pain score data, success rates (complete pain relief with no recurrence until the last follow-up), recurrence rates, secondary intervention rates, and complications to evaluate the efficacy and/or safety of MRgFUS for OO.
RESULTS: A total of 113 studies published between 2012 and 2022were collected, resulting in a total sample size of 353 patients. The majority of the studies were prospective and had a follow-up period of 4 weeks or more, and overall, the quality of evidence ranged from low to high. Pain scores at 1 week and 1 month after the merger were 0.62 (9.5% CI:0.28-0.96) and 0.37 (9.5% CI:0.07-0.68), respectively. The success rate of the combination was 92.8% (95% CI: 89.8%-95.7%), the incidence of minor complications (thermal injury at the ablation site) was 0.85%, and no major complications were recorded in any of the included literature.
CONCLUSIONS: MRgFUS is an effective procedure that is able to treat pain for patients with OO with satisfying efficacy and safety.
UNASSIGNED: No.CRD42023415573.

Osteoid osteoma of the cuneiform bone is an exceedingly rare and easily missed cause of foot pain. The uncharacteristic and nonspecific radiographs of such intra-articular osteoid osteoma further increase difficulty in making the diagnosis. To date, there has been no description of intra-articular osteoid osteoma of the intermediate cuneiform bone causing articular degeneration in any published literatures. We present a case of intra-articular osteoid osteoma of the intermediate cuneiform bone causing articular degeneration, who underwent curettage, allograft bone graft, and navicular-cuneiform arthrodesis. The patient presented with radiographic bone union, full motor function recovery and pain-free at the 22-month follow-up. This report adds to the existing literature. Intra-articular osteoid osteoma of the intermediate cuneiform bone causing articular degeneration is an exceedingly rare and easily missed cause of foot pain. It proves a complicated and challenging task to identify intra-articular osteoid osteoma. Clinicians should be particularly careful not to exclude the possibility of arthritis and, thus, vigilant when choosing the surgical option.

BACKGROUND: Osteoid osteoma is a benign osteogenic tumor that occurs mostly in the femoral stem, while osteoid osteoma occurring in the lumbar vertebral body is a relatively rare case. To minimize treatment-related complications, a computer-assisted navigation fully visualized spinal endoscopy was used. Ultimately, the pathology was diagnosed as osteoid osteoma.
METHODS: We report a 19-year-old adult male with low back pain that worsened at night and CT, MRI imaging showed an abnormal signal shadow at the posterior margin of the lumbar vertebral body. Due to the proximity of the lesion to the spinal canal and adjacent to the nerve roots, it was difficult to precisely localize the lesion by purely endoscopic or open procedures, and if necessary, the resection of surrounding tissues had to be expanded, causing unnecessary damage to the surrounding tissues. Therefore, we choose computer-assisted navigation fully visualized spinal endoscopy to perform the treatment.
CONCLUSIONS: In this case, we report an osteoid osteoma that occurs less frequently in the lumbar vertebral body. Using computer-assisted navigation with fully visualized spinal endoscopy, we successfully resected the osteoid osteoma at the posterior margin of the L3 vertebral body preoperatively by computer-planned path with intraoperative visualization endoscopy, minimizing the damage to spinal stability. Computer-assisted navigation with visualization endoscopy provides a more precise and minimally invasive approach to the treatment of osteoid osteoma of the spine.

骨样骨瘤是一种良性骨肿瘤，常见于长骨骨干，具有特征性的临床和放射学表现。关节内骨样骨瘤少见，通常累及髋部，很少累及肘部。由于肿瘤位于关节内，会产生关节僵硬、疼痛和活动能力下降等类似于关节炎的临床表现。骨样骨瘤的典型放射学表现是沿着长骨骨干以小的溶骨灶为中心的丰富的骨硬化，而关节内骨样骨瘤的影像学特征通常不典型，因此常导致诊断延误。本文报道2例临床诊断为关节炎的肘关节内骨样骨瘤，探讨其临床影像学、组织学、免疫表型及分子特征，为诊断提供帮助。.

BACKGROUND: Scoliosis behavior after curettage of spinal osteoid osteoma has been not clarified as most studies regarding scoliosis secondary to osteoid osteoma (OO) were case reports. The aims of this study were to investigate (1) clinical and radiographic features of scoliosis secondary to OO; (2) scoliosis behavior after Curettage of OO.
METHODS: A retrospective study was performed at patients who were diagnosed as OO clinically or pathologically from July 1998 to December 2019 in a single institution. Age, gender, location of pain, location of lesion and curve pattern of scoliosis were collected preoperatively. Intraoperative blood loss, operation time and surgical complications were documented. VAS scores and curve magnitude were collected pre- and postoperatively and at last follow-up.
RESULTS: The mean operation time was 124 ± 32 min and the average intraoperative blood loss was 274 ± 134 ml. The mean preoperative VAS score was 6.2 ± 2.7, and the mean postoperative VAS score was 2.1 ± 1.8. Thoracic scoliosis was improved from 22.7 ± 10.6° to 6.2 ± 4.3° after operation, and to 4.1 ± 4.3° at last follow-up. Lumbar scoliosis was improved from 18.1 ± 7.4° to 6.7 ± 5.2° after operation, and to 5.3 ± 3.9° at last follow-up. Trunk shift was improved from 34.7 ± 12.4  to 10.5 ± 7.2 mm after operation, and to 8.4 ± 5.6 mm at last follow-up. There was no significant differences as to sagittal radiographic parameters (P > 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: Patients with spinal OO had a significantly high incidence of scoliosis. Patients could get rapid relief of pain and scoliosis with low occurrence. Night pain, pain at the concave side of curve, normal sagittal alignment could help differentiate it from scoliosis associated with lumbar disc herniation.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the causes of misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis in spinal osteoid osteoma, and to put forward solutions to improve diagnosis accuracy and treatment efficacy in patients.
METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study on patients with spinal osteoid osteoma in Beijing Jishuitan Hospital from January 1983 to September 2019. All patients underwent surgery. The outcome measures were the extent of local pain, nocturnal pain, radicular symptoms of extremities after surgery, and reduction or disappearance of lesions on CT after surgery.
RESULTS: Thirty-seven patients with spinal osteoid osteoma were recruited in the study. A total of 27% were female, and the mean (SD) age at diagnosis was 21.3 (8.7) years. A total of 87.0% of patients presented with nocturnal pain, and 94.7% of patients were responsive to NSAIDS treatment. The mean (SD) time from the initial onset of symptoms to the final diagnosis was 14.7 (12.5) months. Only four of 37 (10.8%) patients were correctly diagnosed with spinal osteoid osteoma on the first visit to the local hospital. CT is associated with a higher diagnosis rate than X-ray or MRI on the first visit. Surgical navigation was used in 88.9% of patients who underwent curettage resection, and in 10% of patients who underwent en bloc resection. A total of 37 of 37 patients (100%) reported relief of local pain and radicular symptoms of extremities after surgery, and no recurrence of tumors was found during follow-ups.
CONCLUSIONS: Spinal CTs are recommended to be performed if osteoid osteoma is suspected based on clinical manifestation, including nocturnal pain and responsiveness to NSAIDS treatment, to avoid misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis of spinal osteoid osteoma.