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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 92-B, Issue SUPP_IV | Pages 602 - 602
1 Oct 2010
Hiz M Dervisoglu S Ozyer F Tenekecioglu Y Unlu M Ustundag S
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Purpose: Local resection with or without irradiation is the primary treatment modality of soft tissue sarcomas. Adequate surgical margin is required for local tumour control and avoiding local recurrence. Adjacent bone should be included into the resection plan if the tumour is in the close proximity of the bone or cortical and medullary tumour invasion was present. Reconstruction method depends on the location.

Methods: 25 patient (10 female, 15 male) with soft tissue sarcomas received local wide excision including adjacent bone between 1995–2007. Histological types were 3 MPNSTM, 3MFH, 10 Synovial sarcoma, 2 liposarcoma, 4 angiosarcoma, 2 fibrosarcoma, 1 Leiomyosarcoma. Localisations were 5 glutea, 9 thigh, 5 cruris, 1 forearm, 5 foot. In 8 patients with proximal bone resection including the joint surface prosthetic reconstruction were aplied. 6 Patients with intercalary resections required allograft reconstruction with I.M nail, 2 patients required autoclaved graft, 1 patient needed tricortical iliac autograft. 8 patients in the gluteal region required iliac and sacral resections without any bony reconstruction. 25 patient received irradiation. 16 of them had neoadjuant chemotherapy also.

Results: At mean 64 mo.s follow up (min11–max159). Mean age was 44, 5 (min 18–max 71). Oncologically 17 patients were NED, 1 AWD, 7 DOD (2 with local recurrence). Regarding complications 7 patients developed local recurrence, 2 patient developed infection, 2 patient had developed wound healing. 5 of 7 local recurrences were amputated. 2 of them died of the disease. 2 local recurrences could be re-resected. Delayed wound healing and infection occured in the patients received preoperative chemotherapy and irradiation.

Conclusion: If a large soft tissue sarcoma is in the close proximity of an adjacent bone or had cortical or medullary invasion, adjacent bone must be included in the resection plan so that a wide margin could be achieved. Reconstruction of the created bone defect in the weight bearing bone close to a major joint should be prosthetic reconstruction. Allograft reconstruction is recommended in the foot and upper extrimity. A thorough preoperative plan with appropriate imaging should be done and local resection should be performed precisely to achieve satisfactory wide margin which influences the both local and systemic outcome.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 92-B, Issue SUPP_III | Pages 469 - 469
1 Jul 2010
Mandel N Dincbas F Yetmen O Oksuz D Ozyer F Dervisoglu S Kanberoglu K Turna H Demir G Koca S Hız M Ustundag S
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Our purpose was to assess the role of preoperative radio-therapy +/− neoadjuvant chemotherapy in nonmetastatic soft tissue sarcoma of extremities for limb-sparing surgery and identify the role of neoadjuvant therapies on local control and survival rate.

Forty-seven patients with soft tissue sarcoma of extremities who were treated at Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty within a limb salvage protocol, including preoperative radiotherapy +/− chemotherapy were retrospectively analized. Median age was 45 years (17–72 years). The tumor size was between 5–33 cm. Seventeen patients were in stage I, 11 in stage II, 19 in stage III. The most common histology was synovial sarcoma. Nine patients were treated for locally recurrent tumour. The tumour and surrounding tissues with probable microscopic tumour involvement observed clinically and radiologically, were irradiated. Thirty-two patients, with a high grade tumour and/or tumours larger than 8 cm, also received neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen was consisted of doxorubicine and ifosphamide with mesna. Preoperative radiotherapy was applied, usually between the second and third cycles of chemotherapy. Definitive surgery was administered 2–6 weeks after radiotherapy or after the third cycle of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy was completed to 6 courses after the surgery. Postoperative external beam radio-therapy boost of 16 Gy was given who had close or positive surgical margins. Median follow-up time was 67 months (12–217 months). All of the patients had limb-sparing surgery. Patients had; 30 marginal excision, 13 wide local excision, 4 radical resection. Nine patients locally recurred. Limb-sparing surgery was performed for 8 patients. 25 patients had distant metastases. Metastasectomy were applied for 10 patients with lung metastasis. The 5-year local control, disease free survival and overall survival rates were 82.3%, 50.1% and 67.2%, respectively.

Preoperative radiotherapy +/− chemotherapy seems to increase the chance of extremity-sparing surgery with good local control and the survival rates which were comparable with the literature.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 92-B, Issue SUPP_III | Pages 442 - 442
1 Jul 2010
Hiz M Ustundag S Aksu T Dervisoglu S Mandel N Dincbas F
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Haemangioendothelioma of bone is a rare intermediate grade malignancy. Because of its rareness there is a lack of information in the literature about the well established treatment strategies depending on series with large numbers. The outcome of wide resection with postoperative external irradiation would be presented.

4 patients (2 females, 2 males) with a mean age of 40.5 (26–52) with solitary haemangioendothelioma of bone admitted with local pain on the affected bone and limited restriction of function. Anatomical sites were scapula, calcaneum, midshaft of radius and metaphysodiaphyseal region of femur. Plain X-ray, CT, MRI, Tc 99 tecnetium wholebody bone scan investigations were applied. All lesions were hot on bone scan and lytic irregular permeative lesions T1 hypo, T2 hyper with gadolinium enhancement were present. Open biopsy resulted with the diagnosis of intermediate haemangioendothelioma of bone. Wide resection of tubular bones and intercalary lyophilised allograft recostruction with IM rod and cerclage wire and total calcaneum resection and allograft replacement with talar arthrodesis, total scapulectomy subsequent autoclaved bone reimplantation were the surgical procedures applied. Mean follow-up was 96 months (40–132). Three patients except scapula case received 50 Gy external irradiation. No patient developed local recurrence in the follow up. Regarding complications calcaneum patient developed skin necrosis after the irradiation which led to removal of the allograft but eventually healed. Scapula patient had late infection treated by antibiotics. All patients had satisfactory function. Intercalary allografts united in 6 months time. Calcaneum patient developed multiple small lung metastasis 1 year after the operation and treated by adriamycin based chemotherapy and interpherone. The lung lesions showed slight regression but the patient is alive since 112 months with no further relapse.

Wide excision with subsequent irradiation and wide excision of total scapula resulted with no local recurrence in our small group of patients with this rare malignancy. Irradiation provided relatively less soft tissue sacrification and a sufficient local tumour control without risking the patient to an impending amputation in the occurence of local recurrence.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 91-B, Issue SUPP_I | Pages 92 - 92
1 Mar 2009
HIZ M Aksu T Unlu M Ustundag S Tenekecioglu Y
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Proximal humerus is the common site for primary bone malignancies that surgical treatment consists of wide excision of the tumor and reconstruction with tumor resection prosthesis or allograft. The ultimate function of the shoulder depends on the degree of sacrification of adjacent structures. Thirty-two patients with primary malignancies have been treated by wide excision and endoprosthetic replacement by senior author between 1989–2005 12 patients were female, 20 patients were male, mean age was 26,6 years (range 7–69 years). Histological diagnosis was 14 osteosarcoma, 4 Ewing’s sarcoma, 4 chondrosarcoma, 3 parosteal sarcoma, 4 giant cell tumor, 1 aneurysmal bone cyst, 2 synovial sarcoma. Synovial sarcoma, osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma patients received neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to excision. Mean follow-up was 50,4 months (range 6–153 months). Oncologic results were 20 patients NED (no evidence of disease), 2 patients AWD (alive with disease), 10 patients DOD (died of disease). Functional outcome was scored according to Musculo-Skeletal System Tumor Society (MSTS) rating scale, 7 patients were excellent, 22 patients were good and 3 patients were poor. Regarding complications 2 patients developed local recurrence, 2 patients had superficial infection. Infected cases were treated by systemic antibiotic treatment. All patients had dexterity of the hand and elbow. Regarding shoulder abduction and forward flexion, 7 patients whose deltoid muscle and axillary nerve could be spared got nearly normal shoulder function but even the patients with loss of deltoid had limited abduction owing to elevation of scapula by shrugging. Elongation of the newly formed shoulder capsule was seen in patients that artificial mesh augmentation was not used. Prolene mesh was used to create a new substitute instead of resected shoulder joint capsule. These patients did not show any elongation at long-term follow-up. All arthroplasties was hemi-type without glenoid reconstruction. Hemiarthroplasty by a modular tumor resection prosthesis system after wide excision of proximal humerus seems to be an effective method of treatment after shoulder malignancies. The main determinant of the function is the status of deltoid axillary nerve and rotator cuff but the patients deprived of structures had a functional upper limb with a good command of the elbow and the hand.