title: Reconstruction surgery for patients with musculoskeletal tumor, using a pasteurized autogenous bone graft.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The pasteurized autogenous bone graft (PABG) is a new method to reuse resected and diseased autogenous bones after heat treatment at a comparatively low temperature (60 degrees C-65 degrees C).
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects of this study were ten patients with musculoskeletal tumor who underwent surgery with a PABG in the 6 years between 1995 and 2000.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The pasteurized bone developed into bone union in all patients, except for the elderly patients who required repeat surgery. There were no infected patients. The PABG was performed by three different types of reconstruction, a segmental method, an intercalary method, and a combination method with an artificial joint as a spacer. No local recurrence of tumor the pasteurized bone was observed from in any patient.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The PABG appears to be a comparatively easy, safe, inexpensive, and effective reconstruction method for musculoskeletal tumors. The pasteurized autogenous bone graft (PABG) is a new method to reuse resected and diseased autogenous bones after heat treatment at a comparatively low temperature (60 degrees C-65 degrees C).
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Shigenobu-cho, Onsen-gun, Ehime 791-0295, Japan. kenshi@m.ehime-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kenshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakayama
authors.forename: Teruki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kidani
authors.forename: Taketsugu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujibuchi
authors.forename: Junji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamogawa
authors.forename: Haruyasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Taihoh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous