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The study included 26 patients (55.3%) with benign bone tumors and 21 patients (44.7%) with malignant bone tumors. The tumors were located in the spine or sacrum (15, 31.9%), the upper extremities (6, 12.8%), the lower extremities (17, 36.2%) and the pelvis (9, 19.1%). Outcomes regarding clinical efficacy, including pain relief, quality of life, and intervention-related complications, were evaluated before and after MWA using the visual analog scale (VAS) and the 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) scoring system.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of the 47 patients included in this study, all of them completed follow-up examinations, with a mean follow-up duration of 4.8\u2009\u00b1\u20091.6\u2009months (range, 2\u20139\u2009months). Significantly improved VAS and SF-36 scores were recorded after the initial treatment (P&lt;0.001), suggesting that almost 100% of patients experienced pain relief and an improved quality of life following surgery. No major intervention-related complications (e.g., serious neurovascular injury or infection) occurred during or after the treatment. We recorded only three minor posttreatment complications (6.4%, 3\/47), which were related to thermal injury that caused myofasciitis and affected wound healing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In our study, the short-term efficacy of MWA was considerably favorable, with a relatively low rate of complications. 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