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The possibilities of treatment range from chirurgical en-block resection (procedure of surgical oncology aiming to remove a tumoral mass in its entirety, completely surrounded by a continuous layer of healthy tissue) to interventional approaches that, nowadays, are considered the most affordable and sustainable in terms of effectiveness, recovery after procedure, and for bone structure sparing. The main techniques used for osteoid osteomas and osteoblastomas are radio frequency ablation (RFA) and magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS): the most important difference between these approaches is the needleless approach of MRgFUS, which further reduces the minimal invasiveness of RFA (and the related consequences) and the absence of exposure to ionizing radiation. Despite their high efficacy, a recurrence of pathology may occur due to a failure in therapy. In light of this, describing the various possibilities of follow up protocols and the imaging aspects of recurrence or incomplete treatment is mandatory. In the scenario given in the literature, many authors have tried to asses an organized follow up protocol of these patients, but many of them did not undergo periodical magnetic resonance (MR) or computerized tomography (CT) because of the lack of symptomatology. However, even if it seems that clinical evolution is central, different papers describe the protocol useful to detect eventual relapse. The aim of our manuscript is to review the various possibilities of follow-up of these patients and to bring together the most salient aspects found during the management of these osteocytic bone lesions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm11071987","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,3]],"date-time":"2022-04-03T02:59:52Z","timestamp":1648954792000},"page":"1987","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Post-Procedural Follow-Up of the Interventional Radiology\u2019s Management of Osteoid Osteomas and Osteoblastomas"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1701-8277","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chiara","family":"Acanfora","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Science, University of L\u2019Aquila, 67100 L\u2019Aquila, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Enrico","family":"Grassi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Radiology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giuliana","family":"Giacobbe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Radiology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marilina","family":"Ferrante","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Radiology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6601-3221","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vincenza","family":"Granata","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiology Division, Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS Fondazione Pascale-IRCCS di Napoli, 80131 Naples, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0253-3583","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonio","family":"Barile","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Department of Biotechnology and Applied Clinical Science, University of L\u2019Aquila, 67100 L\u2019Aquila, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Salvatore","family":"Cappabianca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Radiology, Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 80138 Naples, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"709","DOI":"10.1001\/archsurg.1935.01180170034003","article-title":"Osteoid osteoma: A benign osteoblastic tumor composed of osteoid and atypical bone","volume":"31","author":"Jaffe","year":"1935","journal-title":"Arch. 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