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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
The optimal reconstruction procedure after wide resection of bone tumors is debatable. We reviewed pasteurized intercalary autogenous bone graft combined with a vascularized fibula graft in 15 patients with malignant bone tumors, and assessed whether this procedure would improve bone union and function. The mean duration until bone union of the pasteurized autogenous bone was 13.5 months and duration until union of the vascularized fibula was 7.7 months. Complete bone union between the pasteurized autogenous bone and the vascularized fibula eventually was achieved in 13 patients (86.7%). In the remaining two patients, fibula union was achieved but union of the pasteurized autogenous bone was not attributable to infection. Postoperative complications included two fractures and two infections. Three patients with delayed union eventually achieved bone union using an autogenous cancellous bone graft. The mean Musculoskeletal Tumor Society score was 80.6% and it was comparable to scores from other procedures. Our results suggest a pasteurized autogenous bone graft combined with a vascularized fibula graft can be a useful reconstruction method in selected patients with large bone defects after wide resection of malignant bone tumors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0009-921X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
456
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
196-202
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Pasteurized intercalary autogenous bone graft combined with vascularized fibula.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan. hsugiura@aichi-cc.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article