Akihiko Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Nokitaka Setsu, Tabu Gokita, Yasunori Tome, Naofumi Asano, Yusuke Minami, Hiroyuki Kawashima, Suguru Fukushima, Satoshi Takenaka, Hidetatsu Outani, Tomoki Nakamura, Satoshi Tsukushi, Teruya Kawamoto, Teruki Kidani, Munehisa Kito, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Takeshi Morii, Toru Akiyama, Tomoaki Torigoe, Koji Hiraoka, Akihito Nagano, Shigeki Kakunaga, Kazuhiko Hashimoto, Makoto Emori, Hisaki Aiba, Yoshikazu Tanzawa, Takafumi Ueda, Hirotaka Kawano
BACKGROUND: Tumor-devitalized autografts treated with deep freezing, pasteurization, and irradiation are biological reconstruction methods after tumor excision for aggressive or malignant bone or soft tissue tumors that involve a major long bone. Tumor-devitalized autografts do not require a bone bank, they carry no risk of viral or bacterial disease transmission, they are associated with a smaller immunologic response, and they have a better shape and size match to the site in which they are implanted...
June 14, 2023: Clinical Orthopaedics and related Research