PMID- 37293192
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230612
IS  - 1179-1462 (Electronic)
IS  - 1179-1462 (Linking)
VI  - 15
DP  - 2023
TI  - A Unique Way of Treatment of Giant Cell Tumor of the Distal Femur in a 
      19-Year-Old Female, a Case Report.
PG  - 119-127
LID - 10.2147/ORR.S402927 [doi]
AB  - Giant Cell tumors (GCT) are benign tumors with aggressive characteristics and the 
      potential to metastasize. These are seldom lethal benign bone tumors but are 
      associated with massive local bony architecture distraction making their 
      treatment difficult, especially if found in peri-articular locations. Several 
      long bone giant cell tumor (GCT) cases have been reported. We report a unique 
      treatment of distal femur GCT in a 19-year-old in a resource-limited setup whose 
      initial presentation was following a pathologic fracture. We used a staged 
      surgical protocol. In the first stage, distal femur resection and implantation of 
      poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA) cement spacer for induced membrane formation was 
      done, followed by SIGN nail and non-vascularized fibula strut graft. There was 
      adequate healing and no recurrence was noted during the two-year follow-up.
CI  - (c) 2023 Alemayehu and Kebede.
FAU - Alemayehu, Elsa Daniel
AU  - Alemayehu ED
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1784-2936
AD  - Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma, College of Health Science, Addis 
      Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
FAU - Kebede, Eskinder
AU  - Kebede E
AD  - Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Trauma, College of Health Science, Addis 
      Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
DEP - 20230603
PL  - New Zealand
TA  - Orthop Res Rev
JT  - Orthopedic research and reviews
JID - 101531415
PMC - PMC10246779
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - GCT
OT  - PMMA
OT  - SIGN nail
OT  - distal femur
OT  - fracture
OT  - giant cell tumor
OT  - peri-articular
OT  - polymethyl methacrylate
OT  - vascularized fibula graft
COIS- We certify that there is no conflict of interest with any financial organization 
      regarding the material discussed in the case report.
EDAT- 2023/06/09 06:42
MHDA- 2023/06/09 06:43
PMCR- 2023/06/03
CRDT- 2023/06/09 04:31
PHST- 2023/03/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/06/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/06/09 06:43 [medline]
PHST- 2023/06/09 06:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/06/09 04:31 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/06/03 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 402927 [pii]
AID - 10.2147/ORR.S402927 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Orthop Res Rev. 2023 Jun 3;15:119-127. doi: 10.2147/ORR.S402927. eCollection 
      2023.