title: [Massive allogeneic cortical transplants in therapy of primary and secondary bone tumors].
abstract: From 1981 to 1995, 22 patients received intercalary bone allografts for reconstruction of the extremity after en bloc tumor resection (16 malignant, six benign lesions). Solid union of the graft-host sites within 15 months occurred in 86%. The overall survival rate of patients with high-grade lesions was four of seven and with low-grade lesions eight of nine after 4.5 years. Despite the high complication rate of 42%, intercalary bone allografts provide a valuable solution for reconstruction of the extremity after tumor resection in long bones.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Essen.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Voggenreiter
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klaes
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Assenmacher
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Schmit-Neuerburg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D005121:Extremities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
vernacular_title: Allogene kortikale Massivtransplantate in der Therapie primärer und sekundärer Knochentumore.