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