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Limb Salvage Surgery for Children and Adolescents with Malignant Bone Tumors in a Developing Country by Rachid Haidar; Said Sagghieh; Samar Muwakitt; Ghina Mumtaz; Samir Akel; Rami Kamzoul; Roula Farah; Peter Noun; Hassan Khalifeh; Fadi Farhat; Bassem Razzouk; Carlos Rodriguez Galindo; Bhaskar Rao; Miguel R. Abboud is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract ## Purpose To describe the 5‐year experience of a multidisciplinary limb salvage program for children and adolescents with malignant bone tumors in Lebanon. ## Patients and Methods Between January 2002 to February 2007, 30 children and adolescents (2 with Ewing sarcoma and 28 with osteosarcoma) underwent Limb Salvage Surgeries (LSS) at the American University of Beirut Medical Center after partnering with the multidisciplinary team at St. Judes Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH). Procedures performed included 12 Repiphysis, noninvasively expandable, prostheses inserted in skeletally immature children, 15 modular prostheses, 2 allografts and 1 rotationplasty. All patients received pre‐ and postoperative chemotherapy. ## Results With a mean follow‐up of 31 months, 20 patients are now off therapy, 4 died, and 6 are receiving chemotherapy (3 due to pulmonary recurrence). Complications of surgery included infections in three cases, failure of the expansion mechanism in two, femoral stem fracture in one, prostheses femoral stem loosening in one and wound dehiscence in one. Lengthening of Repiphysis prostheses was achieved by subjecting the limb to an electromagnetic field t

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Author

Rachid Haidar; Said Sagghieh; Samar Muwakitt; Ghina Mumtaz; Samir Akel; Rami Kamzoul; Roula Farah; Peter Noun; Hassan Khalifeh; Fadi Farhat; Bassem Razzouk; Carlos Rodriguez Galindo; Bhaskar Rao; Miguel R. Abboud

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1545-5009)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)