scholarly journals Iliosacral Bone Tumor Resection Using Cannulated Screw-Guided Gigli Saw - A Novel Technique

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Ji ◽  
Brian Z. J. Chin ◽  
Xiaodong Tang ◽  
Rongli Yang ◽  
Wei Guo

Abstract Background Adequate margins are technically difficult to achieve for malignant tumors involving the sacroiliac joint due to limited accessibility and viewing window. In order to address the technical difficulties faced in iliosacral tumor resection, we proposed a technique for precise osteotomy, which involved the use of canulated screws and Gigli saw (CSGS) that facilitated directional control, anteroposterior linkage of resection points and adequate surgical margins. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate whether CSGS technique facilitated sagittal osteotomy at sacral side, and were adequate surgical margins achieved? Also functional and oncological outcomes was determined along with the noteworthy complications. Methods From April 2018 to November 2019, we retrospectively reviewed 15 patients who underwent resections for primary tumors of pelvis or sacrum necessitating iliosacral joint removal using the proposed CSGS technique. Chondrosarcoma was the most common diagnosis. The osteotomy site within sacrum was at ipsilateral ventral sacral foramina in 8 cases, midline of sacrum in 5 cases, and contralateral ventral sacral foramina and sacral ala with 1 case each. The average intraoperative blood loss was 3640 mL (range, 1200 and 6000 mL) with a mean operation duration of 7.4 hours (range, 5 to 12 hours). The mean follow-up was 23.0 months (range, 18 and 39 months) for alive patients. Results Surgical margins were wide in 12 patients (80%), wide-contaminated in 1 patient (6.7%), and marginal in 2 patients (13.3%). R0 resection was achieved in 12 (80%) patients and R1 resection in 3 patients. There were three local recurrences (20%) occurred at a mean time of 11 months postoperatively. No local recurrence was observed at sacral osteotomy. The overall one-year and three-year survival rate was 86.7% and 72.7% respectively.Complications occurred in three patients. Conclusions The current study demonstrated that CSGS technique for tumor resection within the sacrum and pelvis was feasible and can achieve ideal resection accuracies. The use of CSGS was associated with high likelihood of negative margin resections in the current series. Intraoperative use of CSGS appeared to be technically straightforward and allowed achievement of planned surgical margins. It is worthwhile to consider the use of CSGS technique in resection of pelvic tumors with sacral invasion and iliosacral tumors, however further follow-up at mid to long-term is warranted to observe local recurrence rate.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiongru Pan ◽  
Han Deng ◽  
Shiqi Hu ◽  
Chengwan Xia ◽  
Yongfeng Chen ◽  
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Abstract Background Local recurrence is the main cause of death among patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). This study assessed near-infrared fluorescence (NIF) imaging and spectroscopy to monitor surgical margins intraoperative for OSCC. Methods Cytological and animal experiments were first performed to confirm the feasibility of monitoring surgical margins with NIF imaging and spectroscopy. Then, 20 patients with OSCC were included in the clinical trials. At 6–8 hours after 0.75 mg/kg indocyanine green (ICG) injection, all patients underwent surgery with NIF imaging. During the surgery, both NIF images and quantified fluorescence intensity were acquired to monitor the surgical margins. Results In cytological and animal experiments, the results showed it is feasible to monitor surgical margins with NIF imaging and spectroscopy. Fluorescence was detected in primary tumors in all patients. The fluorescence intensities of the tumor, peritumoral, and normal tissues were 398.863±151.47, 278.52±84.89, and 274.5±100.93 arbitrary units (AUs), respectively (P<0.05). The SBR of tumor to peritumoral tissue and normal tissues was computed to be 1.45±0.36 and 1.56±0.41 respectively. After primary tumor excision, the wounds showed abnormal fluorescence in four patients (4/20), and residual cancer cells were confirmed by pathological examination in two patients (2/20). Conclusion These findings confirmed the complementary value of NIF imaging during radical tumor resection of OSCC.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 10564-10564
Author(s):  
Piotr Rutkowski ◽  
Hanna Melania Kosela ◽  
Milena Kolodziejczyk ◽  
Wirginiusz Dziewirski ◽  
Marcin Zdzienicki ◽  
...  

10564 Background: The primary treatment of STS is surgical resection combined with pre- or postoperative radiotherapy. Conventional fractionation in neoadjuvant radiotherapy is 50Gy (fractions: 2Gy/day). Radiobiological studies shown that alpha/beta ratios of some sarcoma cells are below 10Gy, what is rationale for hypofractionation. Aim of the study was to assess the efficacy and safety of hypofractionated radiotherapy in preoperative setting in patients with STS treated in one institution. Methods: 220 patients (median age 54years) participated in this prospective study (2006-2010). Median follow up is 34 months. 140 patients (64%) had high grade (G3) tumors, median size -9cm (45% ≥10cm), 68% on lower limb. 137 patients (62.2%) had primary tumors. Preoperative radiotherapy 5x5 Gy per 5 consecutive days was applied, with immediate tumor resection. Results: R0 resection was possible in 79%. 61 patients died (3-year overall survival OS 72%), 91 (41%) had disease relapse. Local recurrence (LR) was found in 20% of the patients (3-year LR-free survival 80%). Negative prognostic factors for LR were: tumor size ≥10cm (p=0.037), grade 3 (p=0.0041) and primary vs. recurrent tumor with borderline significance. LRs had significant impact on OS (p=0.0001). 101 patients (46%) had any kind of complications, majority on lower limb (early: 17.2% prolonged healing of the wound >1month, 12.7% -wound dehiscence, 4% -prolonged punctures of lymph fluid, 2.7% -acute skin toxicity; late: 0.9% -severe fibrosis with contracture, 11% -prolonged edema. 2.7% -bone fracture), but only 6.3% required additional surgery. Conclusions: In this non-selected group of advanced STS use of hypofractionated preoperative radiotherapy was associated with similar local control (80%) when compared to previously published studies. The early toxicity is tolerable, with small rate of late complications. Presented results warrants evaluation in randomized trial.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e14676-e14676
Author(s):  
Srdjan Nikolic ◽  
Milan Zegarac ◽  
Igor Djurisic ◽  
Aleksandar Martinovic ◽  
Milan Kocic ◽  
...  

e14676 Background: In this abstract we present six years of experience in citoreductive surgery and intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) as treatment for patients with peritoneal carcinosis of colorectal carcinoma. Methods: In six years time 61 patient has been operated. Age distribution was from 27 to 76 and median age was 55. Male/female distribution was 18.13%/81.87%. All patients have been treated with intraperitoneal Oxaliplatin with dose of 410mg/m2 in 2 liters of perfusions. In 93.44% cases R0 resection was done and R1 in 3.28%. There was no patient with R2 resection. In 13.1% cases there was Grade I postoperative complication Adjuvant chemotherapy has been applied to 67.21% of operated patients and most had FOLFOX protocol. By the end of this research we still follow up 55,74 % of patients as 44.26% had lethal outcome. Results: Median (95% CI )overall survival(OS) was 51 month(22+ months) . Disease free survival (DFS) was 23 months (16+ months ) . One, two and six years OS was 78.6% ,58.7% and 50.5% One , two and six years DFS was 68.3%, 46.7% and 38.1%. The research has shown that factors such as patient age, sex, preoperative symptoms, synchronous and metachronous carcinosis had no statistically relevant influence on OS. There was statistic relevance in DFS for patients who developed peritoneal carcinosis within 12 months after primary tumor resection(p=0.03) Carcinosis node size has no statistical relevance on OS(p=0.24) and DFS(p=0.64). Involving of left subdiaphragmal region significantly reduces OS(p=0.0022) , but has no statistically relevant influence on DFS(p=0.49). Involving of left iliacal region was on boundary of statistical relevance on OS(p=0.05). Involving of right subdiaphragmal regions statistically significantly reduces OS(p=0.04) , and has no influence on DFS. Involving of small intestine has statistical relevance on OS(p=0.01) As the most important prognosis factor we highlight the peritoneal cancer index (PCI). Patients with PCI less then 13 have statistically better OS (p<0.01) and also statistically better DFS (p<0.05). Conclusions: Our results show that citoreductive surgery followed up by HIPEC with Oxaliplatin should always be considered for patients with colorectal cancer carcinosis.


2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Issada Thongtrangan ◽  
Raju S. V. Balabhadra ◽  
Hoang Le ◽  
Jon Park ◽  
Daniel H. Kim

Object The authors report their clinical experience with expandable cages used to stabilize the spine after verte-brectomy. The objectives of surgical treatment for spine tumors include a decrease in pain, decompression of the neural elements, mechanical stabilization of the spine, and wide resection to gain local control of certain primary tumors. Most of the lesions occur in the anterior column or vertebral body (VB). Anterior column defects following resection of VBs require surgical restoration of anterior column support. Recently, various expandable cages have been developed and used clinically for VB replacement (VBR). Methods Between January 2001 and June 2003, the authors treated 15 patients who presented with primary spinal tumors and metastatic lesions from remote sites. All patients underwent vertebrectomy, VBR with an expandable cage, and anterior instrumentation with or without posterior instrumentation, depending on the stability of the involved segment. The correction of kyphotic angle was achieved at an average of 20°. Pain scores according to the visual analog scale decreased from 8.4 to 5.2 at the last follow-up review. Patients whose Frankel neurological grade was below D attained at least a one-grade improvement after surgery. All patients achieved immediate stability postsurgery and there were no significant complications related to the expandable cage. Conclusions The advantage of the expandable cage is that it is easy to use because it permits optimal fit and correction of the deformity by in vivo expansion of the device. These results are promising, but long-term follow up is required.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Klein ◽  
Yasmin Bakhshai ◽  
Falk Roeder ◽  
Christof Birkenmaier ◽  
Andrea Baur-Melnyk ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Reconstruction of the skeletal defects resulting from the resection of bone tumors remains a considerable challenge and one of the possibilities is the orthotopic replantation of the irradiated bone autograft. One technical option with this technique is the addition of a vital autologous fibular graft, with or without microvascular anastomosis. The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical results of the treatment of our patient cohort with a specific view to the role of fibular augmentation. Methods Twenty-one patients with 22 reconstructions were included. In all cases, the bone tumor was resected with wide margins and in 21 of them irradiated with 300 Gy. In the first case, thermal sterilization in an autoclave was used. The autograft was orthotopically replanted and stabilized with plates and screws. Fifteen patients underwent an additional fibular augmentation, 8 of which received microvascular anastomoses or, alternatively, a locally pedicled fibular interposition. Results the most common diagnosis was a Ewing sarcoma (8 cases) and the most common location was the femur (12 cases). The mean follow-up time was 70 months (16–154 months). For our statistical analysis, the one case with autoclave sterilization and 3 patients with tumors in small bones were excluded. During follow-up of 18 cases, 55.6% of patients underwent an average of 1.56 revision surgeries. Complete bony integration of the irradiated autografts was achieved in 88.9% of cases after 13.6 months on average. In those cases with successful reintegration, the autograft was shorter (n.s.). Microvascular anastomosis in vascularized fibular strut grafts did not significantly influence the rate of pseudarthrosis. Conclusions the replantation of extracorporeally irradiated bone autografts is an established method for the reconstruction of bone defects after tumor resection. Our rate of complications is comparable to those of other studies and with other methods of bone reconstruction (e.g. prosthesis). In our opinion, this method is especially well suited for younger patients with extraarticular bone tumors that allow for joint preservation. However, these patients should be ready to accept longer treatment periods.


2022 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Klein ◽  
Christof Birkenmaier ◽  
Julian Fromm ◽  
Thomas Knösel ◽  
Dorit Di Gioia ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The degree of contamination of healthy tissue with tumor cells during a biopsy in bone or soft tissue sarcomas is clearly dependant on the type of biopsy. Some studies have confirmed a clinically relevant contamination of the biopsy tract after incisional biopsies, as opposed to core-needle biopsies. The aim of our prospective study was to evaluate the risk of local recurrence depending on the biopsy type in extremity and pelvis sarcomas. Methods We included 162 patients with a minimum follow-up of 6 months after wide resection of extremity sarcomas. All diagnostic and therapeutic procedures were performed at a single, dedicated sarcoma center. The excision of the biopsy tract after an incisional biopsy was performed as a standard with all tumor resections. All patients received their follow-up after the conclusion of therapy at our center by means of regional MRI studies and, at a minimum, CT of the thorax to rule out pulmonary metastatic disease. The aim of the study was the evaluation of the influence of the biopsy type and of several other clinical factors on the rate of local recurrence and on the time of local recurrence-free survival. Results One hundred sixty-two patients with bone or soft tissue tumors of the extremities and the pelvis underwent either an incisional or a core-needle biopsy of their tumor, with 70 sarcomas (43.2%) being located in the bone. 84.6% of all biopsies were performed as core-needle biopsies. The median follow-up time was 55.6 months, and 22 patients (13.6%) developed a local recurrence after a median time of 22.4 months. There were no significant differences between incisional and core-needle biopsy regarding the risk of local recurrence in our subgroup analysis with differentiation by kind of tissue, grading of the sarcoma, and perioperative multimodal therapy. Conclusions In a large and homogenous cohort of extremity and pelvic sarcomas, we did not find significant differences between the groups of incisional and core-needle biopsy regarding the risk of local recurrence. The excision of the biopsy tract after incisional biopsy in the context of the definitive tumor resection seems to be the decisive factor for this result.


2020 ◽  
pp. 084653711989955
Author(s):  
Robert S. Lim ◽  
Erin Cordeiro ◽  
Jaqueline Lau ◽  
Andrew Lim ◽  
Amanda Roberts ◽  
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Background: Phyllodes tumors are rare breast neoplasms and the histopathological grade and surgical margins help guide treatment and follow-up. The traditional surgical teaching is resection with ≥10 mm margins, but are narrower surgical margins acceptable? The purpose of our study was to identify predictors of local recurrence. Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed to identify patients with phyllodes tumors who underwent surgery between 2002 and 2014 using a regional pathology database. Electronic medical records were used to identify surgical management, pathological characteristics, and follow-up encounters. Results: A total of 150 phyllodes tumors were included: 110 of 150 (73%) benign, 21 of 150 (14%) borderline, and 19 of 150 (13%) malignant. At initial surgery, 29 specimens had a positive margin and 15 (56%) underwent re-excision. Seventy tumors had a surgical margin of ≤1 mm, 40 had a margin of 2 to 9 mm, and 11 had a margin of ≥10 mm. There were 11 of 150 (7.3%) locally recurrent tumors: 5 of 11 (45%) benign, 3 of 11 (27%) borderline, and 3 of 11 (27%) malignant. In total, 10 of 11 locally recurrent tumors had a positive margin or ≤1 mm margin at initial surgery. Conclusions: Phyllodes tumors can have a personalized treatment approach based on histopathological grade and surgical margins. Borderline and malignant phyllodes tumors with a positive or ≤1 mm surgical margin have an increased risk of recurrence. In benign phyllodes tumors, an optimal narrow negative margin may exist but the traditional ≥10 mm excisional margin is not necessary. Local recurrence rates may be sufficiently low in benign phyllodes tumors that imaging can be performed on the presence of clinical symptoms.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianping Hu ◽  
Chunlin Zhang ◽  
Kunpeng Zhu ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Tao Cai ◽  
...  

Purpose. The aim of this study was to assess the treatment-related factors associated with local recurrence and overall survival of patients with osteosarcoma treated with limb-salvage surgery. Patients and Methods. Treatment-related factors were analyzed to evaluate their effects on local recurrence-free survival (LRFS) and overall survival (OS) in 182 patients from 2004 to 2013. Results. The mean length of follow-up was 73.4 ± 34.7 months (median, 68 months; range, 12-173 months), and 63 patients died by the end of the follow-up. The 5-year and 10-year overall survival rates were 68.6 ± 6.6% and 59.4 ± 10.6%, respectively. Univariate analysis showed that treatment-related prognostic factors for overall survival were prolonged symptom intervals >=60 days, biopsy/tumor resection performed by different centers, previous medical history, incomplete preoperative chemotherapy (<8 weeks), and prolonged postoperative interval >21 days. In the multivariate analysis, biopsy/tumor resection performed by different centers, incomplete implementation of planned new adjuvant chemotherapy, and delayed resumption of postoperative chemotherapy (>21 days) were risk factors for poor prognosis; biopsy/tumor resection performed by different centers and tumor necrosis <90% were independent predictors of local recurrence. Conclusion. For localized osteosarcoma treated with limb-salvage surgery, it is necessary to optimize timely standard chemotherapy and to resume postoperative chemotherapy to improve survival rates. Biopsies should be performed at experienced institutions in cases of developing local recurrence.


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