What is the common osteoid osteoma in young people? How to deal with it?

【Osteoid Osteoma】

1. Osteoid Osteoma is a common benign osteogenic tumor, which occurs mostly in The long bones of the extremities are mostly solitary, round tumors in shape, and the diameter of the tumor “nest” rarely exceeds 1 cm.

2. The incidence rate is relatively high among young people, especially those aged 5-20, accounting for 1.66% of all benign bone tumors.

【Symptoms of Osteoid Osteoma Pain】

One ​​is local pain that gradually aggravates. Afterwards, local limb or body pain is felt, and the nature of the pain is mostly dull pain.

Second, pain can often be relieved after taking non-steroidal analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs. As the disease progresses, the frequency of pain increases, and pain at rest may occur, and even night pain may occur and affect sleep.

【How to deal with it? 】

1. Osteoid osteoma mainly relies on surgical treatment:

First, surgical methods include traditional open surgery , CT-guided surgical treatment, arthroscopic surgical treatment, and currently internationally recognized percutaneous CT-guided radiofrequency ablation.

Second, osteoid osteoma is a benign osteogenic tumor with no tendency to malignant transformation, and the treatment effect is usually good.

2. Drug treatment

One ​​is supplemented by drug treatment to relieve pain, as an auxiliary means, commonly used non-steroidal Analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs.

Doctor Brother Xiaoqiang