Two case-reports of the limb salvage treatment of osteosarcoma consolidated with obvious pathological fractures

Pathol Oncol Res. 2011 Dec;17(4):973-9. doi: 10.1007/s12253-010-9347-6. Epub 2011 Jan 9.

Abstract

Objective: The effect of the limb salvage of the treatment of Osteosarcoma Consolidated with Obvious Pathological Fractures is not very well, the purpose of this paper is to track the efficacy of limb salvage treatment when the patients accepted the artery intervention chemotherapy and enclosed 2 clinical case-reports.

Methods: From January 2003 to September 2005, 2 clinical cases which one is a male, 29 years old, was confirmed osteosarcoma on the left distal femur, and the other is a female, 15 years old and has osteosarcoma on the right arm with obvious pathological fracture. After receiving arterial chemotherapy pump embedded, then started chemotherapy after the tumor biopsy, and the next process prosthesis replacement in limb salvage surgery after 5 times chemotherapy, follow on the next 5 times chemotherapy after the surgery.

Results: With an average follow-up 70 months, there are no postoperative infection and prosthesis loosening found, also didn't detected tumor recurrence and metastasis, and the limb function recovered well.

Conclusions: With the effective, neoadjuvant chemotherapy and comprehensive treatment, salvage treatment is not the contraindication of the patients with pathological fractures of combined primary osteosarcoma, and the treatment with long-term follow-up effectively.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Bone Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / drug therapy*
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / pathology
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Limb Salvage / methods*
  • Male
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy / methods
  • Osteosarcoma / drug therapy*
  • Osteosarcoma / pathology
  • Osteosarcoma / surgery*