To present our experience in patients treated under primary diagnosis giant cell tumor of bone at Department Orthopaedic Surgery Zagreb University School of Medicine in a 15-year period from 1995 to 2009. We performed a retrospective study of all patients treated in our Department because of giant cell tumor of bone (GCT) from 1995 to 2009. The mean age of our patients was 29,9 years (range: 14 to 70 years). Sex distribution showed prevalence in female (F:M=23:12=66%:34%). All together, 39 patients were operated under primary diagnosis of GCT. Four patients were lost in follow-up. In total, 35 patients were included in study. Diagnosis of GCT was made according to clinical, imaging and histological findings, and distributed by Campanacci's classification.AIM
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