Preservation of the Epiphysis and Growth Plate in the Surgical Management of Femoral Osteosarcoma in a Skeletally Immature Patient by Intercalary Resection and Biological Reconstruction: A Case Report

• Published in: Case reports in oncology Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 513 - 522
• Main Authors: Yoda, Yuhei, Yamaguchi, Sayaka Iwai, Hirozane, Toru, Asano, Naofumi, Seki, Atsuhito, Morioka, Hideo, Nakayama, Robert, Nakamura, Masaya, Matsumoto, Morio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.05.2019; Karger Publishers
• Subjects: Biological reconstruction; Bone cancer; Case Report; Case reports; Chemotherapy; Childhood osteosarcoma; Childrens health; Frozen tumor-devitalized autograft; Knee; Limb salvage; Medical imaging; Medical prognosis; Metastasis; Nitrogen; Patients; Pediatrics; Sarcoma; Surgery; Tumors; X-rays; Biological reconstruction; Limb salvage; Childhood osteosarcoma; Frozen tumor-devitalized autograft

Osteosarcoma arises most frequently in the metaphysis around the knee and its management by limb salvage surgery in skeletally immature pediatric patients is extremely challenging. Common reconstructive methods such as endoprosthetic or biological reconstruction are not fully capable of dealing with...