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Table 2 Results

From: Periosteal preservation: a new technique in resection of bone high-grade malignant tumors in children—about eleven cases

Patient

Healing time (months)

Follow-up (months)

Complications/bad event

Additional treatment

Limb length discrepancy

Functional score (MTTS)

1

9

157

Breakage of the screws fixing the prosthesis

The prosthesis stem had sunk

Complementary autograft

Change of the prosthesis by a tibia nail

No

26/30

2

3

153

Proximal graft fracture/pseudarthrosis

Intertibioperoneal grafting

Bone lengthening

3 cm

28/30

3

2.5

129

Fracture of the graft

Pulmonary metastasectomy

No

26/30

4

3

131

Fracture of the graft

Bone lengthening

3 cm

28/30

5

2

49

Brain metastasis 42 months after tumor resection

Death 9 months after metastasectomy

Metastasectomy

2 cm

28/30

6

2.5

25

-

-

No

30/30

7

4

15

-

Radiotherapy (postoperative)

No

28/30

8

3

12

Pulmonary and multiple bone metastasis

Death

-

2 cm

26/30

9

3

33

Migration of the nails from the residual distal epiphysis

Replacement of nails was proposed but refused by the patient

No

23/30

10

3

41

Pulmonary metastasis

Death

-

3cm

23/30

11

3

37

-

-

4.5cm

28/30