Chondrosarcoma
10.4055/jkoa.1995.30.3.574
- Author:
Han Koo LEE
;
Sang Hoon LEE
;
Sang Eun PARK
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Chondrosarcoma
- MeSH:
Chondrosarcoma;
Classification;
Fibula;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Methods;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Osteochondroma;
Radiotherapy;
Seoul;
Transplants
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1995;30(3):574-579
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Recently there has been remarkable improvement in the treatment of chondrosarcoma, accompanied with the development of diagnostic tools, operative technique, replacement materials and designs, anticancer-chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In well-deferentiated chondrosarcom, wide excision is the only treatment required. Nevertheless, in dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma, anticancerchemotherapy or radiotherapy is usually recommended after the wide excision. From 1984 to 1994, 22 patients diagnosed as chondrosarcoma had been treated at Seoul National University Hospital. We analysed anatomic distributions, size, methods of treatment and their results. The avereage age was 38 years and 10 months(15 years 73 years) and the average follow-up period was 3 years and 10 months(1 year and 6 months