The relationship between surgical staging, pathologic grading, operative type and postoperative recurrence in giant cell tumor of bone
Dong, Z.; Long, M.; Li, H.; Fu, Y.; Chen, H.
Hunan Yi Ke da Xue Xue Bao 24(2): 174-176
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 1000-5625 PMID: 11938783 Document Number: 501627
Sixty-eight surgical procedures of 58 patients with Giant Cell Tumor of Bone(GCT) were followed up over two years. The recurrence rate of GCT was Stage 1: 0 in 5, Stage 2: 15.4% in 39 and Stage 3: 37.5% in 24. It was significantly higher in Stage 3 than in Stage 2 (P < 0.05). The recurrence rate of GCT in Stage 2 was 30.8% in 13 intralesional curettage, and 0 in 17 wide or radical resection(P < 0.05). We conclude that the surgical staging of GCT has important value in predicting postoperative recurrence, in accurately evaluating the operative efforts and in guiding treatment, and that the operative type is a significant factor effecting on the recurrence of GCT.