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dc.contributor.author | Muteti, Elijah N. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rotich, Geoffrey K. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Opakas, Jesse E. | - |
dc.contributor.author | de Souza, Antonio M G. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-04T05:54:08Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-07-04T05:54:08Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/7721 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Limb salvage is a technically demanding and capital intensive procedure. In low-income countries, amputation followed by prosthesis use is widely used for the treatment of limb malignancies. This is associated with considerable morbidity and frequent non-adherence to prosthetic use. Therefore, we are reporting a case of osteosarcoma of the femur treated by the use of pre-operative chemotherapy, followed by frozen free femur autograft and intramedullary nailing, with excellent radiologic and functional results at 1 year of follow-up, in a developing country. Conclusion:This case describes the successful use of a free frozen autograft of the femur in a 16-year-old girl with osteosarcoma of the left femur, done in a developing country, Kenya. It demonstrates the feasibility of limb salvage using this technique in low-income countries | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | , | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Indian Orthopaedic Research Group | en_US |
dc.subject | Limb salvage | en_US |
dc.subject | Osteogenic sarcoma | en_US |
dc.title | Limb salvage surgery in osteosarcoma of the femur using liquid-nitrogen-frozen free femur autograft in a developing country | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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