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Cone beam-navigated core decompression of bone marrow edema syndrome
Timo Zippelius1, Patrick Strube2, Georg Matziolis2
1Orthopaedic Department of the Waldkliniken Eisenberg, Orthopaedic Professorship of the University Hospital Jena, Klosterlausnitzer Str. 81, 07607, Eisenberg, Germany. timo.zippelius@uni-jena.de.
Introduction:
The aim of the study was to compare decompression of bone-marrow edema or osteonecrosis of the proximal femur by means of a cone beam-based imaging and navigation system (cone beam-navigated decompression, CBND) with decompression by the conventional technique of drilling using fluoroscopy (FD).
Materials And Methods:
The data of patients with bone-marrow edema syndrome treated between 2016 and 2018 by drilling of the proximal femur in CBND or FD technique were compared retrospectively.
Results:
Each treatment group included 20 patients. The mean operating time for CBND was 16.4 ± 5.8 min, compared with 29.1 ± 20.8 min for FD (p = 0.018). The lesion was definitely reached by CBND in 19/20 patients. Eighteen of the 20 patients in the CBND group reported that their pain decreased after the treatment, compared with 12/20 patients in the FD group (p = 0.065). The radiation dosage was significantly higher (p < 0.001) for CBND than for FD.
Conclusion:
Decompression by CBND can be carried out safely and without complications. The advantages of CBND over FD are the minimally invasive access and the ability to address the affected area precisely with only one drilling maneuver. The high radiation dose of CBND can be reduced using low-dose protocols.
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