Non-Operative Treatment Versus Steroid Injections in the Management of Unicameral Bone Cysts
- Author:
WI Faisham
;
AH Nawaz
;
AM Ezane
;
W Zulmi
;
S Ibrahim
;
AR Abdul Halim
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Unicameral Bone Cysts, fracture, Steroid Injections
- From:Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
2011;5(2):11-14
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The cases of nine patients with unicameral bone cysts were
reviewed from two orthopaedic centres. In one hospital, five patients received serial steroid injections, and at the other hospital four patients were treated conservatively following fractures. In the steroid injection group, three cases were in
the proximal femur and two in the proximal humerus. The
five steroid injection patients showed radiological evidence of cyst healing within six months of treatment. Subsequently four of the patients showed a satisfactory radiological outcome after a year and complete resolution after 2 years. In the conservative group, all four cases were in the proximal humerus. Persistent cystic lesions were observed in all four patients and two was complicated by another fracture within six months.
