Limb Salvage Surgery in a Rare Case of Recurrent Parosteal Osteosarcoma with Vascular Graft Thrombosis
Gaurav Ravi Kumar,
Chandra Kumar Krishnan,
Krishna Muralidharan
et al.
Abstract:Recurrent parosteal sarcomas with vascular involvement are rare and present unique challenges in their diagnosis and management. We report the case of a 21-year-old woman with parosteal osteosarcoma of the left distal femur, encasing the popliteal vessels. En bloc transarticular resection of the distal femur and popliteal vessels was performed, followed by reconstruction using a modular prosthesis and a saphenous vein autograft for both the artery and vein. On the 1st postoperative day, the patient developed a… Show more
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