CAN AMPUTATION BE AVOIDED IN LOCAL RECURRENCE AFTER LIMB SALVAGE FOR HIGH-GRADE OSTEOSARCOMA - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
BABIN SR SIMON P BABINBOILLETOT A BELLOCQ JP
Citation
Sr. Babin et al., CAN AMPUTATION BE AVOIDED IN LOCAL RECURRENCE AFTER LIMB SALVAGE FOR HIGH-GRADE OSTEOSARCOMA - A CASE-REPORT, International orthopaedics, 19(6), 1995, pp. 374-376
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
Journal title
International orthopaedics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03412695
Volume
19
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
374 - 376
Database
ISI
SICI code
0341-2695(1995)19:6<374:CABAIL>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We report a case of local recurrence after a limb salvage procedure fo r high grade osteosarcoma. We carried out a second salvage operation b ecause the lesion was small, there were no distant metastases, the pat ient had initially responded to chemotherapy and was able to receive m ore drugs. She is still alive, well and free of disease more than 6 ye ars after the second operation, and 9 years after the diagnosis was ma de. Amputation is not always needed for every case of recurrence.