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 grade^a	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%

^aReferred to Salzer-Kuntschik [32]. : not applicable, NED: no evidence of disease, DOD: dead of disease.