Is the Functional Outcome of Rotationplasty Performed in Children Who Had Lower Limb Bone Sarcomas, Affected by Age, Sex, Tumour Site and Type, Pathological Fracture, Length of Resection, Type of Rotationplasty and Complications of Rotationplasty?
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Is the Functional Outcome of Rotationplasty Performed in Children Who Had Lower Limb Bone Sarcomas, Affected by Age, Sex, Tumour Site and Type, Pathological Fracture, Length of Resection, Type of Rotationplasty and Complications of Rotationplasty?, WALID A. EBEID, AHMED N. EL-GHONIMY, WESSAM G. ABO SENNA and AHMED S.M. HAMED
Abstract
Background: Rotationplasty is a technique that was con-sidered in management of lower limb malignant tumours in young children as a trial to overcome the problematic loss of the growth centers, with resultant leg length discrepancy that occurs with the prior surgical techniques.
Objective: This study was designed to assess the impact of the following variables: Age of patients, sex of patients, tumour site and type, pathological fracture, length of resection, type and complications of rotationplasty on the functional outcome of rotationplasty.
Patients and Methods: The data in this study were collected both retrospectively and prospectively. In the current work we used the musculoskeletal tumour society score in assess-ment of the functional outcome of rotationplasty in 28 children and also, we investigated any possible link between this outcome and many other factors either related to the patient or the rotationplasty procedure.
Results: Our results didn't record any significant relation between the above variables and the functional outcome of rotationplasty.
Conclusion: Rotationplasty in children having malignant lower limb tumours achieved good functional score in the current study, but this score was not significantly affected by each of the followings: Age of patients, sex of patients, pathological fracture, tumour site and type, length of resection, type of rotationplasty and rotationplasty complications.