Journal of Spine

Department of Medicine, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Center of Neurosurgery, Lithuania

Publications

• Case Report   
  Microwave Ablation as a Minimally Invasive Surgical Option for the Posterior Spinal Elements Osteoid Osteoma: A Case Report
  Author(s): Kastytis Budrevicius, Donatas Jocius, Ona Lapteva* and Dmitrij Seinin
  
  We report a 24-year-old male who was presented with constant intensive low back pain on the right side for 3 years. Large doses of NSAIDs were ineffective and resulted in gastric ulcer. Magnetic resonance tomography and computed tomography imaging revealed osteoid osteoma of L3 pars interarticularis and a needle biopsy confirmed it. An innovative approach for spinal osteoid osteoma was chosen after many considerations. The patient underwent microwave ablation of the lesion in the spine... Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/jsp.2021.10.464

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