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The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 100-B, Issue 12 | Pages 1633 - 1639
1 Dec 2018
Surgical treatment of primary malignant tumours of the distal tibia
Zhao Z Yan T Guo W Yang R Tang X Yang Y
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Aims

We retrospectively report our experience of managing 30 patients with a primary malignant tumour of the distal tibia; 25 were treated by limb salvage surgery and five by amputation. We compared the clinical outcomes of following the use of different methods of reconstruction.

Patients and Methods

There were 19 male and 11 female patients. The mean age of the patients was 19 years (6 to 59) and the mean follow-up was 5.1 years (1.25 to 12.58). Massive allograft was used in 11 patients, and autograft was used in 14 patients. The time to union, the survival time of the reconstruction, complication rate, and functional outcomes following the different surgical techniques were compared. The overall patient survival was also recorded.