Does curettage and graft alleviate athletic-limiting pain in benign lytic bone lesions?
Our observations suggest curettage and packing with bone graft/substitute can provide pain relief and allow full athletic recovery for young athletes with benign lytic bone lesions.
Inhaled corticosteroid improved quality of life scores in patients with COPD, without significant improvement in airflow obstruction parameters. Since improvement of health status is one of the important aims in COPD treatment, use of inhaled corticosteroids should be considered from this perspective.