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Functional outcome and life quality after endoprosthetic reconstruction following malignant tumours around the knee.

Skaliczki G, Antal I, Kiss J, Szalay K, Skaliczki J, Szendroi M

Orthopaedic Clinic of Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. sskaliczki@hotmail.com

Between 1993 and 2002, we treated 43 patients with malignant musculoskeletal tumours of the knee region. All patients had partial resection of the femur or tibia together with endoprosthetic replacement. We were able to follow-up 23 patients with an average follow-up of 30 (12-97) months. Complications occurred in ten cases, of which one was a case of local recurrence. Most of the patients were completely satisfied with their condition, with a decreased walking distance as the only notable restriction. There was no correlation between the functional outcome and life quality assessment and the type of the implanted prosthesis, length of resected bone and type of resection. However, patients with tumours in the distal femur had significantly better functional and life quality outcome than those with a proximal tibial tumour.

Published 9 June 2005 in Int Orthop, 29(3): 174-8.
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