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Malignant Distal Femur Tumors Management In Children, Low Cost Innovations With Affordable Care In A Tertiary Care Hospital, A Cross Sectional Study, Masood Umer, Javeria Saeed, Obada Hussein Hasan
Malignant Distal Femur Tumors Management In Children, Low Cost Innovations With Affordable Care In A Tertiary Care Hospital, A Cross Sectional Study, Masood Umer, Javeria Saeed, Obada Hussein Hasan
Section of Orthopaedic Surgery
Introduction: Malignant musculoskeletal tumors in children are mostly comprised of Osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma and distal femur is the most common site for primary bone tumors. This study examined the surgical management outcomes of pediatric patients (<18 years) presented in our setup with malignant distal femur tumors.
Methodology: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients diagnosed with malignant sarcomas of distal femur and younger than 18 years of age who underwent limb salvage surgery during June 2009-June2017.
Results: There were 31 pediatric patients who had distal femur malignant tumors and out of them 20 patients were selected who underwent limb salvage as a primary surgery. The mean age (range) …