Osteosarcoma is the most common solid tumour of childhood. Chemotherapy has
substantially improved survival, but surgical resection remains essential for cure. Limb …

Aims To assess complications and failure mechanisms of osteoarticular allograft
reconstructions for primary bone tumours. Patients and Methods We retrospectively …

Primary malignant bone tumours are rare but are one of the most common malignancies in
adolescents. The optimum management of a child with a bone tumour is at a specialist …

Abstract Background/Purpose Limb preserving surgery for the treatment of patients with
osteosarcoma younger than 10 years old is challenging and some authors have advocated …

Preservation of limb function in pediatric oncology patients is challenging with the ongoing
growth of limbs contralateral to reconstructed limbs. We analyzed 22 patients younger than …

Background Preservation of limb function after resection of malignant bone tumors in
skeletally immature children is challenging. Resection of bone sarcomas and reconstruction …

Background: Lower extremity intercalary allograft reconstruction has traditionally been used
to facilitate limb salvage. Combining the allograft with a free vascularized fibula graft has …

The outcome of tibial allograft reconstruction after resection of a tumour is inconsistent and
has a high rate of failure. There are few reports on the use of tibial allografts in children with …

Purpose To compare the results for patients treated with intercalary endoprosthetic
replacement (EPR) or intercalary allograft reconstruction for diaphyseal tumours of the femur …

Aims The aims of this study were to analyse the long-term outcome of vascularised fibular
graft (VFG) reconstruction after tumour resection and to evaluate the usefulness of the …