A comparison of planned and ifnal resection lengths in limb salvage surgery for bone tumors

DENG Zhi-ping; NIU Xiao-hui; ZHANG Qing; HAO Lin; DING Yi

doi:10.3969/j.issn.2095-252X.2014.02.011

Abstract：Objective The resection length should be designed before the limb salvage surgery for bone tumors. To compare the differences of planned and final resection lengths in limb salvage surgery for bone tumors. Methods Fifty-three cases receiving limb salvage surgery were enrolled in the study, including 34 cases of osteosarcomas, 5 cases of giant cell tumors, 5 cases of spindle cell sarcomas, 3 cases of chondrosarcomas, 3 cases of bone metastases, 1 case of lymphoma, 1 case of undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, and 1 case of soft tissue sarcoma with the bone involvement. The tumors were located in the distal femur ( n=29 ), in the proximal tibia ( n=8 ), in the proximal humerus ( n=7 ), in the proximal femur ( n=5 ), in the distal tibia ( n=3 ) and in the distal humerus ( n=1 ). The planned and ifnal resection lengths were compared. The patients were classiifed according to the tumor location, and the differences were compared. Results The range of the length error was from-30 mm to 15 mm in the 53 cases. 95%conifdence interval ( CI ) was ( 2.0±7.7 ) mm. The length error was less than 10 mm in 40 cases ( 75.5%), which was more than 10 mm in 9 cases ( 17%), and only in 4 cases ( 7.5%) was less than-10 mm. The length error was ( 2.9±6.7 ) mm in 29 cases in the distal femur, ( 3.8±5.1 ) mm in 8 cases in the proximal tibia, ( 3.6±8.0 ) mm in 7 cases in the proximal humerus, (-0.2±6.0 ) mm in 5 cases in the proximal femur, 0 mm in 3 cases in the distal tibia and-30 mm in 1 case in the distal humerus. Conclusions The anatomical landmark and resection length are planned before the surgery. The accuracy of resection length is acceptable in this method. More precise resection could be achieved after avoiding the error-making factors.