Treatment of osteosarcoma around the knee in skeletally immature patients

Treatment of osteosarcoma around the knee in skeletally immature patients

Limb sparing surgery in growing young patients with malignant tumors is difficult as invasion of the physis by the tumor or surgical resection through the metaphysis may cause significant limb discrepancy following surgery. At present, hinged tumor prosthesis or biological reconstructions are the ma...

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Veröffentlicht in:Oncology letters 2017-11, Vol.14 (5), p.5241-5248
Hauptverfasser: Yao, Weitao, Cai, Qiqing, Wang, Jiaqiang, Gao, Songtao
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent medicine
Age
Amputation
biological construction
Bone cancer
Cancer research
Care and treatment
Chemotherapy
Development and progression
endoprosthesis
Gangrene
Hospitals
immature patient
Knee
limb saving surgery
Medical imaging
Metastasis
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Oncology
Osteosarcoma
overall survival
Patients
Prostheses
Sarcoma
Surgeons
Surgery
Tumors
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Zusammenfassung:Limb sparing surgery in growing young patients with malignant tumors is difficult as invasion of the physis by the tumor or surgical resection through the metaphysis may cause significant limb discrepancy following surgery. At present, hinged tumor prosthesis or biological reconstructions are the main methods following tumor resection in these patients. The aim of the present study was to assess different procedures for the treatment of osteosarcoma around knee joints in immature patients. A retrospective study of 56 patients (
ISSN:1792-1074
1792-1082
DOI:10.3892/ol.2017.6903