Non Blood Transfusion Limb Salvage Operation in the Distal Femur Osteosarcoma Patient: A Case Report.
10.5292/jkbjts.2014.20.1.36
- Author:
Jong Hoon PARK
;
Si Young PARK
;
Dae Hee LEE
;
Yeok Gu HWANG
;
Hyun Min LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
non blood transfusion;
osteosarcoma;
limb salvage operation
- MeSH:
Anemia;
Blood Transfusion*;
Drug Therapy;
Extremities;
Femur*;
Humans;
Limb Salvage*;
Osteosarcoma*;
Prognosis
- From:The Journal of the Korean Bone and Joint Tumor Society
2014;20(1):36-40
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Limb salvage operations for osteosarcoma of the extremity usually consist of wide excision and skeletal reconstruction. Most osteosarcoma patients are anemic prior to the surgery as majority of them undergo preoperative neo-adjuvant chemotherapy; thus, it is necessary to treat anemia before and after the surgery since limb salvage operation tends to accompany significant blood loss. Despite the fact that blood transfusion has bad influence on prognosis, complication, and postoperative outcome of cancer patients, it is still considered as a standard management to fix anemia for limb salvage operations. We would like to present a case report in which the authors succeeded in performing limb salvage operations on patients with distal femur osteosarcoma without transfusion.
