Table 3.

Recurrence rates after different surgical treatment of giant cell tumors of bone

Study (Author/year)	Number of patients	Wide resection	Intralesional curettage	Intralesional curettage + regional burring	Intralesional curettage + PMMA
Klenke et al. 2011 [35]	118	5	N/A	32	+ phenol + burrin:15
Errani et al. 2010 [32]	349	12	N/A	18
Balke et al. 2008 [37]	214	0	140	47	+phenol: 38
Kivioja et al. 2008 [11]	294	12	51	N/A	22
Knochentumoren 2008 [52]	256	2	49	N/A	+phenol:69
Malek et al. 2006 [56]	40	N/A	N/A	33	N/A
McGough et al. 2005 [57]	183	N/A	46	N/A	N/A
Prosser et al. 2005 [40]	137	0	N/A	N/A	+burring: 21
Su et al. 2004 [41]	87	3	N/A	N/A	+phenol: 18
Turcotte et al. 2002 [55]	186	34	N/A	N/A	+phenol + burring:55
Blackley et al. 1999 [43]	59	N/A	N/A	12	N/A
Campanacci et al. 1987 [1]	280	0	27	N/A	8
McDonald 1986 [45]	146	7	N/A	34	N/A

Results from the current literature implies that the recurrence ratio of GCT is: Intralesional curettage > Intralesional curettage + regional burring > Intralesional curettage + local adjuvants + PMMA > Wide resection.