Orthopedic technical care plays a crucial role in improving function and mobility for patients undergoing limb lengthening and reconstruction. The treatment strategy is based on a precise classificati...
The selection of orthopedic aids depends on the specific deformity, its classification and the individual needs of the patient. Through interdisciplinary decision-making and customized adaptations of ...
For more than six decades, the use of the operating microscope for extremity surgery has led to remarkable advances in the management of orthopedic trauma, tumors, infections, and congenital differenc...
Healing of skin wounds of the lower extremities can be complicated by concomitant vascular disease. Dysfunction of the arterial, venous, and/or lymphatic systems can compromise the healing of skin ulc...
Limb salvage is an important concern following complete oncologic resection for extremity soft tissue sarcoma (STS). Vascular reconstruction is essential for limb salvage. The purpose of this study wa...
This is a retrospective, multi-center, case series of consecutive patients who underwent vascular reconstruction during extremity STS resection at 2 major centers in Korea. Demographics, reconstructio...
From March 2005 to December 2020, 43 patients underwent vascular reconstructions during STS resection. Among the patients, 22 (51.2%) received arterial only, and 21 (48.8%) received simultaneous arter...
Patency rates were poorer in venous reconstruction than in arterial reconstruction. In terms of arterial patency and postoperative complication, the role of simultaneous arterial and venous reconstruc...
Functional muscle transfer (FMT) can provide wound closure and restore adequate muscle function for patients with oncologic extremity defects. Herein we describe our institutional experience with FMT ...
A single-institution retrospective review was performed, including all patients who received FMT after oncological resection from 2005 to 2021. For the systematic review and meta-analysis, PubMed, Coc...
The meta-analysis consisted of seven studies with 70 patients overall, demonstrating a mean Medical Research Council (MRC) score of 3.78 (95% confidence interval: 2.97-4.56;...
FMT after oncological resection may contribute to improved extremity function. Careful consideration of risk factors and preoperative planning is imperative for successful FMT outcomes....
The potentially curative treatment of sarcoma is negative margin wide resection, the clinical tumor with an en bloc margin of surrounding tissue potentially contains microscopic tumor. Planned margins...
This study was to analyze the clinical outcomes and prognostic factors of dedifferentiated central chondrosarcomas (DCCS) in extremities....
A retrospective study was conducted on 49 patients (27 males, 22 females) who underwent surgical treatment between January 2001 and March 2023 in our institution. All patients were diagnosed with dedi...
49 patients were included in this retrospective study and there were no patients lost in the follow-up period. The median diagnosis age of all patients was 57 years old (ranging from 17 to 87) and the...
Dedifferentiated central chondrosarcomas in extremities still had a grave prognosis. Metastasis, pathological fracture, Enneking staging, and surgical margin were independent risk factors for prognosi...
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Osteosarcoma is a highly aggressive malignant bone tumor that affects mainly adolescents and young adults. We analyzed serum biomarkers for their prognostic significance in children with osteosarcoma....
In this retrospective study, we investigated the prognostic factors in 210 children who were treated for appendicular osteosarcoma, including patient age and sex, tumor site and size (≥8 cm or <8 cm),...
A multivariate Cox regression model showed that high level of AP [HR of 1.73; 95% CI, 1.02 to 2.94], poor chemotherapy-induced tumor necrosis [HR of 2.40; 95% CI, 1.41 to 4.08] and presence of metasta...
AP and ESR can identify osteosarcoma-diagnosed children with a greater risk of death and local recurrence, respectively....
Magnetic resonance venography (MRV) represents a distinct imaging approach that may be used to evaluate a wide spectrum of venous pathology. Despite duplex ultrasound and computed tomography venograph...
The timing of local control (LC) is not well studied in osteosarcoma. We assessed the impact of the delay of LC on the survival outcome of patients with osteosarcoma....
We conducted a retrospective analysis of children (≤18 years) with nonmetastatic extremity primary osteosarcoma at King Hussein Cancer Center from January 2005 until March 2020. Patients' demographics...
Eighty-two patients were included; 41 (50%) were females; the median age was 12.5 years (range: 5.9-18). Sixty-four patients (78%) underwent LC by limb-salvage surgery. Fifteen patients (18%) had a de...
Our findings suggest that delay in LC could have an impact on the outcomes in patients with osteosarcoma. However, further investigations involving larger sample sizes and longer follow-up are necessa...
