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Calcific tendinopathy of the direct head of rectus femoris: a rare cause of groin pain treated with ultrasound guided percutaneous irrigation
Groin pain can be caused by a myriad of pathologies. Abnormalities of the rectus femoris are a very rare cause of groin pain; calcific tendinopathy of the direct head is particularly so, with only two case rep...
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Chondroblastoma of the femoral head: management and outcome
Chondroblastoma of the femoral head presents particular problems in treatment because the tumour is surrounded by articular cartilage on one side and epiphyseal plate on the other. Ten patients underwent treat...
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Intra-osseous pseudoaneurysm following curettage of an aneurysmal bone cyst
Pseudoaneurysms secondary to bone tumours are rare and most of the reported cases are related to osteochondromas, either due to direct pressure or following surgery. Aneurysmal bone cysts are relatively common...
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Impending fractures in giant cell tumours of the distal femur: incidence and outcome
Giant cell tumours are rare bone tumours that are characteristically benign but locally aggressive, most frequently occurring in the distal femur with pathological fractures being common. This paper investigat...
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Endoprosthetic replacement of diaphyseal bone defects. Long-term results
We retrospectively studied 35 patients who underwent endoprosthetic reconstruction of diaphyseal bone defects after excision of primary sarcomas. The patients were treated between February 1979 and May 1999 an...
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Risk of amputation following limb salvage surgery with endoprosthetic replacement, in a consecutive series of 1261 patients
Endoprosthetic replacements are commonly used for limb salvage following surgical excision of bone tumours. Advantages include initial reliability, rapid restoration of function and their ready availability. P...
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Endoprosthetic replacement of the distal tibia and ankle joint for aggressive bone tumours
Below knee amputation remains the treatment of choice for most patients with aggressive tumours of the distal tibia. We report the clinical and functional outcome of limb preserving surgery and endoprosthetic ...
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Open AccessOverexpression of p53 protein in primary Ewing’s sarcoma of bone: relationship to tumour stage, response and prognosis
Biopsy tissues of 52 patients with Ewing’s sarcoma of bone treated between 1983 and 1993 were examined immunohistochemically to determine the significance of p53 protein in diagnosis and prognosis of Ewing’s s...
