This study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of free nonvascularized fibula autograft in the treatment of the femoral neck tumor-like lesions before epiphyseal closure in pediatric patients, by presenting the clinic-radiological outcome and complications.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
16
Sixteen pediatric patients before epiphyseal closure were treated with free nonvascularized fibula autograft after resections of tumor-like lesions in the femoral neck between Aug. 2012 and Sep. 2016. All the patients were given supplementary skeletal traction through supracondyle of femur for 4 weeks to 6 weeks after the resections.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University
Nanning, Guangxi, China
Yulin Orthopedics Hospital of Chinese and Western Medicine
Yulin, Guangxi, China
change of peri-implant bone level from baseline at 7 and 54 months
Mean follow-up of all the patients after primary surgery was 24 months, ranged 7 months to 54 months.
Time frame: 7 months to 54 months
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