Osteoarticular pedicle freezing using liquid nitrogen for the treatment of recurrent chondrosarcoma of the proximal humerus
The bulletin of the Yamaguchi Medical School Volume 67 Issue 3-4
Page 25-28
published_at 2020
Title
Osteoarticular pedicle freezing using liquid nitrogen for the treatment of recurrent chondrosarcoma of the proximal humerus
Creators
Ma. Felma Rayel
Creators
Muramatsu Keiichi
Creators
Jasson Arcinue
Creators
Tani Yasuhiro
Creators
Seto Tetsuya
Source Identifiers
Creator Keywords
liquid nitrogen
osteoarticular pedicle freezing
recurrent chondrosarcoma
Pedicle freezing using liquid nitrogen has been used increasingly in Japan in the last decade for the treatment of long bone tumors with good results. We describe our case of a recurrent chondrosarcoma of the proximal humerus treated with pedicle freezing of the entire osteoarticular segment due to involvement of the metaepiphyseal aspect. A late traumatic fracture occurred 8 months after surgery. Osteosynthesis was done with good union
Languages
eng
Resource Type
departmental bulletin paper
Publishers
Yamaguchi University School of Medicine
Date Issued
2020
File Version
Version of Record
Access Rights
open access
Relations
[ISSN]0513-1812
[NCID]AA00594272