Clinical Study
Bilateral Fibular Graft: Biological Reconstruction after Resection of Primary Malignant Bone Tumors of the Lower Limb
Table 2
Results after tumor resection and reconstruction with a bilateral fibular graft (
= 11).
| Patient no. | Resection | Regression gradea | Complications | Time until full weight (months) | Outcome | MSTS (1993) |
| 1 | R0 | | None | 8 | NED | 70% | 2 | R0 | 2 | Bleeding from anastomosis | 5 | NED | 100% | 3 | R0 | 3 | Plate failure and delayed union | 9 | NED | 87% | 4 | R0 | 1 | Fibular graft fracture, conservative treatment | 18 | DOD | 60% | 5 | R0 | 3 | Infection, and nonunion | 8 | NED | 87% | 6 | R0 | 1 | None | 7 | DOD | 93% | 7 | R0 | 1 | None | 9 | NED | 93% | 8 | R0 | 4 | Plate failure and delayed union | 9 | NED | 80% | 9 | R0 | 3 | None | 13 | NED | 67% | 10 | R0 | | None | 4 | NED | 87% | 11 | R1 | | None | 7 | NED | 100% |
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āaReferred to Salzer-Kuntschik [32]. : not applicable, NED: no evidence of disease, DOD: dead of disease.
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