Figure 3From: Elastic intramedullary nailing and DBM-Bone marrow injection for the treatment of simple bone cysts(A) Plain radiograph and (B) magnetic resonance imaging of the right humerus of a 7 year-old boy with a simple bone cyst. The patient had previous steroid injections. (C) Anteroposterior and (D) lateral radiographs after intramedullary nailing and injection of demineralized bone matrix and autologous bone marrow from the ipsilateral iliac crest. (E) Anteroposterior and (F) lateral radiographs at 31 months after the operation show complete healing of the cyst (Neer stage I).Back to article page