Malignant giant-cell tumor of the distal end of the radius treated by a free vascularized fibular transplant.
Five patients with a malignant giant-cell tumor involving the distal end of the radius were treated successfully by wide resection and reconstruction of the radius with a vascularized fibular transplant. This technique has the great advantage of early bone union at the host-graft junction and enables the patient to regain limb function early, with preservation of near-normal appearance of the limb.
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation*; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D009068:Movement; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011884:Radius / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014953:Wrist / Q000502:physiology