Bipolar radiofrequency ablation of tibialchondroblastomas: A report of three cases

Table 1 Summary of patient and procedure details

S.No	Parameter	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3
1	Age/sex	14/M	12/F	55/F
2	Pre-procedure VAS score	7	8	8
3	Location	Proximal tibia-Lt	Proximal tibia-Lt	Proximal tibia-Rt
4	Lesion dimension	1.6 cm x 1.4 cm x 1.0 cm	2.5 cm x 2.1 cm x 2.0 cm	2.5 cm x 1.5 cm x 1.8 cm
5	Sub-chondral bone thinning	Present	Present	Present
6	Growth plate	Open-lesion abutting physis	Open-breached	Closed
7	Number of procedures	1	1	2
8	Number of ablations per procedure	2	3	3
9	Follow-up period	18 mo	17 mo	21 mo
10	Complications	None	None	Recurrence
11	Post procedure VAS 1 wk, 1 mo, 3 mo	2,0,0	0,0,0	4,6,0
12	Post procedure analgesic intake	None	None	None

S. No: Serial Number; VAS: Visual Analogue Scale; M: Male; F: Female.