Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Overall description of the study population
Count | % | |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
Male | 18 | 53 |
Female | 16 | 47 |
Method of reconstruction | ||
Biological | 15 | 44 |
Nonbiological | 19 | 56 |
Resection type | ||
Intraarticular | 28 | 82 |
Extraarticular | 6 | 18 |
Length resected | ||
< 15 cm | 12 | 35 |
> 15 cm | 22 | 65 |
Deltoid resection | ||
Yes | 22 | 65 |
None | 12 | 35 |
Complications | ||
Radial nerve neurotmesis | 2 | 6 |
No | 32 | 94 |
Treatment of complications | ||
Tendon transfer | 2 | 100 |
Construct failure | ||
Yes | 6 | 17 |
No | 28 | 83 |
Management of the failure | ||
Revision | 4 | 62 |
VFG | 1 | 25 |
Open reduction | 1 | 13 |
Surgical margin | ||
Wide | 29 | 85 |
Marginal | 5 | 15 |
Pathological fracture on presentation | ||
Yes | 10 | 30 |
No | 24 | 70 |
Chemotherapy | ||
Yes | 34 | 100 |
Local recurrence | ||
Yes | 6 | 18 |
No | 28 | 82 |
Treatment of local recurrence | ||
Forequarter amputation | 4 | 67 |
No | 2 | 33 |
Chest metastasis | ||
Yes | 14 | 41 |
No | 20 | 59 |
Treatment of chest metastasis | ||
Chemotherapy + metastasectomy | 4 | 29 |
Chemotherapy only | 10 | 71 |
Status at 5-year follow-up | ||
Alive | 22 | 65 |
Deceased | 12 | 35 |