Ilizarov’s transbone compression-distraction octeosynthesis for patients with primary cancer of lower extremities

The purpose of the study was to analyze the efficacy of Ilizarov transbone osteosynthesis in orthopedic rehabilitation of patients with cancer of the lower extremities. The study included 34 patients aged from 5 to 40 years with histologically verified primary cancer of the tibia or femur bones. Ostheosynthesis was performed after radical resection of the tumor and neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Defects after the resection were replaced with transbone osteosynthesis using the Ilizarov apparatus. The 3- and 5-year survival rates were 73.6 % and 52.6 %, respectively. Anatomical and functional outcomes showed that technologies of Ilizarov‘s transbone ostheosynthesis were effective in 97.5 % of patients. The Ilizarov’s transbone ostheosynthesis allows the defects after resection to be effectively replaced with optimal reconstruction of the extremity both in adult patients and in patients with incomplete formation of the skeleton