THROUGH KNEE AMPUTATION WITH GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP - 6 CASES OF TIBIAL OSTEOSARCOMA FOLLOWED FOR 3 (1-6) YEARS

Authors
ALBERS GHR VANDEREIJKEN JW BRAS J
Citation
Ghr. Albers et al., THROUGH KNEE AMPUTATION WITH GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCULOCUTANEOUS FLAP - 6 CASES OF TIBIAL OSTEOSARCOMA FOLLOWED FOR 3 (1-6) YEARS, Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica, 65(1), 1994, pp. 67-70
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics
Journal title
Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00016470
Volume
65
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
67 - 70
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-6470(1994)65:1<67:TKAWGM>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
6 cases of proximal tibial osteosarcoma were operated on by through kn ee amputation using a long dorsal gastrocnemius musculocutaneous flap; the usual anterior flap could not be used because of tumor size and t he location of the biopsy tract. The only complication was one wound d ehiscence which healed. The stump was of good quality in all patients. At follow-up, the patients walked without walking aids.