Microsurgical Reconstruction of Giant Cell Tumor of Distal Epiphysis of Radius

Kwon,  Boo Kyung; Chung,  Duke Whan; Han,  Chung Soo; Lee,  Jae Hoon

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Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand 2007;16(2):100-107.
Published online November 30, 2007.

Microsurgical Reconstruction of Giant Cell Tumor of Distal Epiphysis of Radius

Boo Kyung Kwon, M.D., Duke Whan Chung, M.D., Chung Soo Han,M.D., Jae Hoon Lee, M.D.

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. dukech@khmc.or.kr

미세 수술을 이용한 광범위한 요골 원위 골단부 거대세포종의 재건술

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Abstract

  Treatment of giant cell tumor of distal radius can be treated in several ways according to the aggressiveness of the tumor. But the management of giant cell tumor involving juxta-articular portion has always been a difficult problem. In some giant cell tumors with bony destruction, a wide segmental resection may be needed for preventing to recur. But a main problem is preserving of bony continuity in bony defect as well as preservation of joint function. We have attempted to overcome these problems by using a microvascular technique to transfer the fibula with peroneal vascular pedicle or anterior tibial vessel as living bone graft. From April 1984 to July 2005, we performed the reconstruction of wide bone defect after segmental resection of giant cell tumor in 14 cases, using Vascularized Fibular Graft, which occur at the distal radius. VFG with peroneal vascular pedicle was in 8 cases and anterior tibial vessel was 6 cases. Recipient artery was radial artery in all cases. Method of connection was end to end anastomosis in 11 cases, and end to side in 3 cases. An average follow-up was 6 years 6 months, average bone defect after wide segmental resection of lesion was 6.8 cm. All cases revealed good bony union in average 6.5 months, and we got the wide range of motion of wrist joint without recurrence and serious complications. Grafted bone was all alive. In functional analysis, there was good in 7 cases, fair in 4 cases and bad in 1 case. Pain was decreased in all cases but there was nearly normal joint in only 4 cases. Vascularized fibular graft around wrist joint provided good functional restoration without local recurrence.

Key Words: Giant cell tumor, Distal radius, Vascularized fibular graft, Microsurgery

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