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[A postoperative osteosarcoma recurrence after bone distraction by Ilizarov method in a dog]
V N Mitin1, Iu N Solov'ev, S A Iagnikov
1N. N. Blokhin Cancer Research Center, Moscow.
Arkhiv Patologii
|October 29, 1998
Abstract:
Distraction osteogenesis by Ilizarov's method is becoming popular for limb saving surgery today. In this article we report a case of osteosarcoma recurrence after using bone distraction in a dog with osteogenic sarcoma. This case suggests that stimulation of osteogenesis by bone distraction promotes tumor recurrence and metastases in osteosarcoma. We recommend to use this method only when allograft or endoprostheses can not save the limb after wide bone resection.