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Application of artificial ligament in treatment of lower abdominal wall reconstruction after pubic tumor resection

  • Jie ZANG ,
  • Wei GUO ,
  • Xiao-dong TANG ,
  • Hua-yi QU ,
  • Da-sen LI
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  • Musculoskeletal Tumor Center, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing 100044, China

Received date: 2018-08-19

  Online published: 2018-12-18

Abstract

Objective: For patients who had hemipelvectomies involving the resection of a portion or the whole of the pubis, bony reconstruction was not recommended commonly. However, the soft tissue reconstruction of the lower abdominal wall may benefit these patients. The object of the study was to determine the clinical effect of lower abdominal wall reconstruction with LARS ligament after pubic tumor resection interms of patient-reported and objective outcome.Methods:In this series, we reviewed twenty-five patients who underwent pubic tumor resection followed by reconstruction with LARS ligament between February 2012 and February 2018 retrospectively. We evaluated the clinical outcome and complication of this surgical treatment. The function outcome was evaluated according the musculoskeletal tumor society scores (MSTS) for all the patients at the end of the last follow-up.Results:All the patients were stable during the surgery. There were eight patients who underwent resection of superior ramus of pubis, five patients who had resection of inferior ramus of pubis, and twelve patients who received both superior and inferior ramus of pubis. For all the patients, the mean blood loss was (774±580) mL. The mean operation time was (138±25) min. The mean hospital stay was (19±6) d. For the patients who had resection of superior ramus, inferior ramus, as well as both superior and inferior ramus, the mean blood loss were (763±802) mL, (730±315) mL and (808±485) mL, respectively. The mean operation time were (133±27) min, (135±35) min and (143±20) min, respectively. The mean hospital stay were (18±5) d, (22±9) d and (19±6) d, respectively. The mean follow-up time was (37±21) months. Local recurrence was observed in one patient with chondrosarcoma. One patient with renal cancer metastasis died of the disease. No ligament infection, ligament related complication and incisional hernias were observed. Twenty-three patients could ambulate without assistive devices, and the remaining two could walk by crutches. Postoperative pain was reported as none in nineteen patients, mild in three, and mod-erate in three. From a functional point, the mean MSTS score was 87±4.Conclusion:Lower abdominal wall reconstruction with LARS ligament after pubic tumor resection could have satisfactory clinical outcome. It could prevent the occurrence of herniation, decrease the infection rate by minishing the dead space, and achieve good patient-reported outcome.

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Jie ZANG , Wei GUO , Xiao-dong TANG , Hua-yi QU , Da-sen LI . Application of artificial ligament in treatment of lower abdominal wall reconstruction after pubic tumor resection[J]. Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences), 2018 , 50(6) : 1049 -1052 . DOI: 10.19723/j.issn.1671-167X.2018.06.019

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