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04.12.2018 14:10:52
By using the surgical technique that has been performed so far only in the United States, a patient in Vienna has been operated on for treatment of a cyst located in the bone just below the articular cartilage.
Bone cysts are tumour like bone changes filled with fluid. They often do not cause inconvenience and remain undetected. But if they cause pain for a long time, treatment is necessary and sometimes their surgical removal.
So, a 42-year-old patient underwent treatment at the Confraternity Private Clinic in Vienna at the end of April. For many years the woman suffered from pain in the ankle joint, the cause of which was a cyst in the lower end of the tibia. It disrupted the structure of the cartilage and bone tissue. The operation performed a couple of years ago did not bring long-term relief, so further treatment was necessary. However, the usual surgical methods for such a cyst used in Austria at that time required immobilization of the leg for many weeks.
The surgeons of the clinic decided to use the surgical technique used until then only in the USA. The SCP technique (subchondroplasty) is a minimally invasive method for treating bone defects located under the cartilage and associated with bone marrow damage.
During the operation that was performed in Austria for the first time, the joint was first irrigated (arthroscopic surgery), then calcium phosphate was injected. This longevous substitute is used to fill damaged bone areas. “Everything is minimally invasive and in comparison with traditional surgical methods faster and without large skin incisions. It is definitely a more patient-friendly method. It promotes faster healing, after a short time you can already load the foot,” says the attending physician and head of the Foot Surgery Centre at the Confraternity Private Clinic Hans Yörg Trnka. On the second day after surgery the patient no longer experienced pain, and she could be discharged.
