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- Title
Unacceptable complications following intra-articular injection of yttrium 90 in the ankle joint for diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis.
- Authors
Bickels, Jacob; Isaakov, Josephine; Kollender, Yehuda; Meller, Isaac
- Abstract
Simple resection of diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis of the ankle joint is associated with local recurrence rates as high as 50%. Thus, adjuvant treatment modalities, such as radiation or intra-articular isotope injection, are sometimes used after tumor resection. Our initial and highly satisfactory experience with the injection of radioactive yttrium 90 to treat pigmented villonodular synovitis of the ankle joint eroded with time so much so that we discontinued its use in the ankle and believe that it is important to alert our colleagues to the complications that we observed.
- Publication
The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 2008, Vol 90, Issue 2, p326
- ISSN
1535-1386
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2106/JBJS.G.00441