Cases

Ostycut?

Hi all, Word on the street is that Bard is discontinuing their Ostycut bone biopsy needle, which we used for biopsy of superficial extremity lesions (i.e., hands and feet) because of its short length, small gauge and low profile. Did anyone else use Ostycut? What are you planning on replacing it with? Thank you! Feel

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Spine

Hi ocaders A case of 79 years old man with weakness of neck proximal hip muscles T1 rounded hypointense lesions image showed one lesion) I attached t1, IN/OPP images, not sure IN/OPP scans are helpful to differentiate benign vs malignant BM lesions. What’s your opinion? ?mets Unable to give gadolinium due to low egfr 33

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OCD healing

15y,M The prognosis of the healing of an OCD lesion depends on the skeletal maturity and the severity of the lesion. In younger patients with open physis, the prognosis is better. Causes: traumatic, ischemic, idiopathic and hereditary (multifactorial etiology). Failure criteria in the assessment of non-operative treatment: Skeletal maturity. OCD in weight-bearing areas. Size of

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