Growing endoprosthesis in management of bone tumours in Malaysia
This is to report on the use of growing endoprosthesis, alsoknown as lengthening prosthesis in the management of fourpatients in the paedriatic age group in the OrthopaedicOncolgy Unit at University Malaya Medical Centre. These arecustom made prosthesis, designed and made in India b...
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my.um.eprints.36042019-02-27T04:36:06Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/3604/ Growing endoprosthesis in management of bone tumours in Malaysia Saravanan, S. Vivek, A.S. R Medicine This is to report on the use of growing endoprosthesis, alsoknown as lengthening prosthesis in the management of fourpatients in the paedriatic age group in the OrthopaedicOncolgy Unit at University Malaya Medical Centre. These arecustom made prosthesis, designed and made in India basedon measured roentrograms. The ages of these patients varyfrom 6 to 13 years old. These are cases of Osteosarcoma andEwing’s sarcoma around the knee. This is the first time thesecustom made prosthesis have ever been used in Malaysia.We feel that this is a feasible option for limb salvage in thetreatment of primary bone tumours in growing children. Malaysian Medical Association 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/3604/1/Growing_Endoprosthesis.pdf Saravanan, S. and Vivek, A.S. (2007) Growing endoprosthesis in management of bone tumours in Malaysia. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 62 (5). p. 418. ISSN 0300-5283 http://www.e-mjm.org/2007/v62n5/Growing_Endoprosthesis.pdf |
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This is to report on the use of growing endoprosthesis, alsoknown as lengthening prosthesis in the management of fourpatients in the paedriatic age group in the OrthopaedicOncolgy Unit at University Malaya Medical Centre. These arecustom made prosthesis, designed and made in India basedon measured roentrograms. The ages of these patients varyfrom 6 to 13 years old. These are cases of Osteosarcoma andEwing’s sarcoma around the knee. This is the first time thesecustom made prosthesis have ever been used in Malaysia.We feel that this is a feasible option for limb salvage in thetreatment of primary bone tumours in growing children. |
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Growing endoprosthesis in management of bone tumours in Malaysia |
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Growing endoprosthesis in management of bone tumours in Malaysia |
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