Surgical management of Grade I chondrosarcoma of the long bones
ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA BELGICA, vol.79, no.3, pp.331-337, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 79 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2013
- Journal Name: ACTA ORTHOPAEDICA BELGICA
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.331-337
- Keywords: chondrosarcoma, neoplasm recurrence, intralesional resection, wide resection, treatment outcome, PROGNOSTIC-FACTORS, LOWER-LIMB, TUMORS, CRYOSURGERY, RECURRENCE, SURVIVAL, SURGERY, SARCOMA, BENIGN, SYSTEM
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: No
Abstract
The aim of this study was to compare the rates of local recurrence according to surgical treatment options in low-grade chondrosarcomas of the long bones. A retrospective review was made of 30 consecutive patients (12 male, 18 female) with a mean age of 40.7 years (range : 16-69 years) with intramedullary low-grade chondrosarcoma of the long bones treated either by intralesional curettage or wide resection at our institution between 1995 and 2011. The mean overall follow-up was 74 months (range : 24-186 months). There was no difference in local recurrence rates between patients treated with intralesional resection or wide resection (p = 0.98). Intralesional curettage seems to be feasible in selected cases to reduce the patient's postoperative morbidity in Grade I chondrosarcoma cases.