Sarcoma
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 586090, 5 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/586090
Research Article

High-Speed Burring with and without the Use of Surgical Adjuvants in the Intralesional Management of Giant Cell Tumor of Bone: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

H. Algawahmed,1 Robert Turcotte,2 F. Farrokhyar,1 and M. Ghert1

1Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8V 5C2, Canada
2Department of Orthopedic Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Received 22 March 2010; Accepted 24 June 2010

Academic Editor: R. Pollock

Copyright © 2010 H. Algawahmed et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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