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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Treatment and results for low-grade chondrosarcoma in recent literature

From: Surgical treatment of central grade 1 chondrosarcoma of the appendicular skeleton

Author [Ref.]

No. of patients, sites

Diagnosis

Follow-up (months)

Surgical treatment (no. of patients)

Adjuvants (other than cement)

Filling of defect after curettage

Recurrence (%)

Distant metastasis (%)

Postop. fractures (%)

Grade switch after LR

Verdegaal et al. [31]

85 limbs

CS low gr

86 (2–169)

Curettage

Phenol

Allografts

5.9

0

2.3

0/5

Funovics et al. [11]

70 all sites

CS low gr

81 (6–317)

Resection (36), curettage (34)

None

Cement

Intrales: 17.9, margin: 14.3

1.4

NA

None

Andreou et al. [8]

56 low grade out of 115 all grade, all sites

CS gr 1

144 (60–288) (follow-up of entire series, 115 pts)

Curettage or resection

NA

NA

26.8

5.3

NA

At least 3, NA entire number

Donati et al. [14]

31 limbs

CS gr 1

157 (66–296)

Resection (16), curettage (15)

Phenol (9), liquid nitr (3), none (3)

Cement (5), allografts (3), autografts (1), Cem + Pr (2), none (4)

Resection: 0, curettage: 13.3

0

Resect: 0, curett: 6.7

0/2

Mohler et al. [22]

46 all sites

CS gr 1/enchondroma

47 (18–134)

Curettage

Liquid nitr + H2O2

Cement

4.3

0

6.5

0/2

Souna et al. [15]

15 limbs

CS gr 1

96 (60–132)

Curettage

Liquid nitrogen

None

0

0

6.7

Aarons et al. [16]

32 limbs

CS gr 1

55 (24–203)

Resection (15), curettage (17)

Phenol (6), liquid nitr (3), H2O2 (1), none (7)

Cement (10), allografts (7)

Resection: 6.7, curettage:5.9

0

Resect: 20, curett: 5.9

0/2

Hanna et al. [17]

39 limbs

CS gr 0.5/CS gr 1

61 (36–104)

Curettage

None

Cement

5

0

0

0/2

Van Der Geest et al. [21]

130 NA

CS gr 1/enchondroma

60 (24–119)

Curettage

Liquid nitrogen

Allografts or autografts (cement in 3 cases)

1.5

0

14

0/2

Streitburger et al. [10]

69 all sites

CS gr 1

78.5 (2–365)

Resection (60; wide marg. 43), curettage (9)

H2O2

Cement (6)

14.5

5.8

NA

3/10

Leerapun et al. [13]

70 limbs

CS gr 1

102 (2–273)

Resection (57), curettage (13)

Phenol

Bone graft (12), cement (1)

2.8

2.8

NA

1/2

Ahlmann et al. [20]

10 all sites

CS low gr

38.5 (24–60)

Curettage

Argon gas cryoprobes

Cement

0

0

0

Our series

80 limbs

CS gr 1

72 (24–206)

Resection (23), curettage (57)

Phenol (40)

Allografts (53), cement (3), bone substit (1)

Resection: 0, curettage: 3.5

0

Curett: 1.7

1/2

  1. Cem + Pr: after performing curettage, removal of metaphysis together with the epiphysis, using the removed bone to obtain a cemented composite prosthesis
  2. gr grade, NA not available data, Intrales intralesional margins, Margin marginal margins