The purpose of this study was to evaluate the
long-term outcome of patients with a sacral chordoma and the surgical
management of locally recurrent disease. Between October 1990 and August 2013 we operated on 54 consecutive
patients with a sacral chordoma. There were 34 men and 20 women
with a mean age of 60 years (25 to 86). The mean maximum diameter
of the tumour was 9.3 cm (3 to 20). The mean follow-up was 7.8 years (2 months to 23.4 years). The
disease-specific survival was 82% at five years, 57% at ten years
and 45% at 15 years. The local recurrence-free survival was 49%
at five years, 37% at ten years and 20% at 15 years. Local recurrence
occurred in 30 patients (56%) at a mean of 3.8 years (3 months to
13 years) post-operatively. Survival after the treatment of
Aims. There is a lack of evidence about the risk factors for local
Aims. The aim of this paper was to investigate the prognostic factors for local
Aims. Iliosacral sarcoma resections have been shown to have high rates of local
Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a
rare proliferative process of the synovium which most commonly affects
the knee and occurs in either a localised (LPVNS) or a diffuse form
(DPVNS). The effect of different methods of surgical synovectomy
and adjuvant radiotherapy on the rate of
It is generally accepted that there is a high rate of local
We investigated whether the presence of a pathological
fracture increased the risk of local
The outcome for patients with Ewing's sarcoma
Introduction. Current practice in the UK is to perform clinical follow up and CXR on patients with sarcomas with the use of cross-sectional imaging reserved for high clinical suspicion of
We have investigated the significance of local
We retrospectively studied local
Introduction. Local
We have reviewed 13 operations on 11 patients using curettage and polymethylmethacrylate cement for giant-cell tumour of bone (GCT) to assess the value of radiology in the early detection of
Objective. To evaluate the rise in impedance during percutaneous radiofrequency thermo coagulation (PRFTC) of osteoid osteomas as a predictor of local
We considered whether a positive margin occurring after resection of a soft-tissue sarcoma of a limb would affect the incidence of local
Local
The aim of this study was to investigate the results of a series of cases from a single institution with respect to local disease control and patient survival to determine prognostic factors. Electronic patient records were reviewed on all patients with STS between February 1963 and January 2007. 2445 patients had over 30 types of STS. 1639 (67%) had not received any treatment prior to presentation, however, 770 patients (32%) had undergone a previous attempted excision. Survival analyses were done using Kaplan Meier and Cox regression analyses, however, for prognostic factor analysis, only patients presenting without prior treatment were included.Introduction
Methods
Aims. Tenosynovial giant cell tumour (TGCT) is a rare benign tumour of the musculoskeletal system. Surgical management is fraught with challenges due to high
Aims. The scapula is a rare site for a primary bone tumour. Only a small number of series have studied patient outcomes after treatment. Previous studies have shown a high rate of
Aims. Giant cell tumour of bone (GCTB) is a locally aggressive lesion that is difficult to treat as salvaging the joint can be associated with a high rate of local