Osteochondroma surgery
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maria Fernanda Villarreal, M.D. [2]
Overview
Overview
Surgery is the mainstay of therapy for osteochondroma. Surgery for osteochondroma should be considered, until bone growth is complete (assessed by mature skeleton x-ray evaluation).[1]
Surgery
Surgery
- Surgery for osteochondroma should be considered, until bone growth is complete (assessed by mature skeleton x-ray evaluation).[2]
- This approach decreases the chance of the tumoral recurrence
- Pedunculated osteochondromas are more easily removed
- Solitary osteochondromas are not removed surgically; observation surveillance is suggested.[3]
- Transformation to chondrosarcoma is generally treated with wide surgical resection and limb salvage.[1]
Indications
Indications for surgery for osteochondroma, include:[2]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Diagnostic Radiology: Musculoskeletal Imaging: Osteochondroma. WikiBooks.(2015)https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Diagnostic_Radiology/Musculoskeletal_Imaging/Tumors_Basic/Osteochondroma Accessed on January 28, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Murphey MD, Choi JJ, Kransdorf MJ, Flemming DJ, Gannon FH (2000). “Imaging of osteochondroma: variants and complications with radiologic-pathologic correlation”. Radiographics : a Review Publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc. 20 (5): 1407–34. doi:10.1148/radiographics.20.5.g00se171407. PMID 10992031.
- ↑ Kitsoulis P, Galani V, Stefanaki K, Paraskevas G, Karatzias G, Agnantis NJ, Bai M (2008). “Osteochondromas: review of the clinical, radiological and pathological features”. In Vivo (Athens, Greece). 22 (5): 633–46. PMID 18853760.
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