Surgery methods and soft tissue extension are the potential risk factors of local recurrence in giant cell tumor of bone

Table 1 Local recurrence rate treated with different surgical methods

Treatment	Total number	Recurrence	Recurrence rate (%)
Wide resection	52	4	7.7
Extension curettage	84	16	19.0
Abrasion + bone grafting	35	8	22.9
Abrasion + PMMA	49	8	16.3
Curettage	43	18	41.9
Alcohol	16	6	37.5
Iodine tincture or H₂O₂	27	12	44.4
Total	179	38	21.2

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