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What are the two major drawbacks to plate-and-screw fixation of allograft to native bone for reconstruction after tumor
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High allograft fracture rate
10% deep infection rate |
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What anatomic location is particularly prone to complications with this method?
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Proximal tibia
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What is the relative advantage of this method of Hxation?
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Relatively high rates of union
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What three tumors are the classic low-grade malignant tumors of bone?
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Adamantinoma
Parosteal osteosarcoma Chordoma |
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Because they are low grade how are these tumors generally treated?
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Wide resection only
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Chemotherapy is generally helpful for the what four tumors?
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Acronym: MOLE
Metastases Osteosarcoma Lymphoma Ewing sarcoma |
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Radiation therapy is generally helpful for what five tumors?
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Acronym: ELMMS
Ewing sarcoma Lymphoma Multiple myeloma Metastases Soft tissue sarcoma |
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By what mechanism is radiation therapy thought to act?
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Oxygenates intracellular water
Damages DNA of tumor cells |
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What are the two potential therapeutic uses of strontium in patients with neoplasms?
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Control pain from bony
metastases Localizes selectively within bone and irradiates bony metastases from within |
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What complication is classically associated with doxorubicin?
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Cardiac toxicity
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