Abstract

MARRERO RIVERON, Luis Oscar et al. Cystic index: Prognostic and therapeutic value. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 1999, vol.13, n.1-2, pp. 19-26. ISSN 1561-3100.

A retrospective study of 47 patients who underwent surgery at the International Scientific Orthopedic Complex between January, 1990, and December, 1994, due to solitary bone cyst confirmed by means of the anatomopathological study was carried out. The cystic index was obtained in all patients by using Kaelin and MacEwen’s formula. 31 patients were males and 95.75% were under 20. Relapses after the curettage and bone filling were frequent. When the cystic index was over 3.5 in the femur and over 4 in the humerus, the number of pathological fractures and relapses was also high.

Keywords : BONE CYSTS [surgery]; HUMERUS [pathology]; FEMUR [pathology]; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS [complications].

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