Outpatient Treatment Kills Benign Bone Tumors Nonsurgically With Heat

Research shows that an outpatient, nonsurgical treatment for a benign bone tumor called osteoid osteoma both destroys the tumor and eliminates debilitating pain. In ninety- one percent of those treated in the study, presented today at the 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology, the treatment ended patients' pain immediately, with no post-procedure complications. This nonsurgical technique -- radiofrequency ablation -- heats and destroys the nerve endings in the tumor that were causing pain. It also preserves the patient's healthy bone, prevents major surgery and eliminates the need for lengthy rehabilitation and recovery. The interventional radiologist...

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