ABSTRACT
A case study of 20 primary osteosarcoma seen at National Orthopaedic Hospital; Enugu for a period of ten years (June 1; 1978 to June 1; 1988) was done. The tumor was found to be the commonest bone tumor constituting 40of the malignant bone tumors seen at the hospital. Ninety per cent of the tumors occurred in the long bones; with 60occurring in the region of the knee. 15occurred in the upper limb while 85in the lower limb. Greater percentage of patients seen were lost to follow-up after one year and only six deaths were recorded. Treatment mostly was ablative surgery and adjuvant chemo-therapy
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OsteosarcomaABSTRACT
Over a 5-year period; 1987 to 1991; 108 patients with foot gangrene were treated at the National Orthopaedic; Enugu. Out of these; 30 were diabetics; 12 of them being diagnosed on admission. Diabetic control; wound care and amputation constituted the treatment regimen. Amputations were peformed in 66.7of the cases. Patients ignorant of their diabetic status before admission had the worst prognosis. There was 33 percent mortality. This can be bettered with health education; including better awareness among doctors in peripheral hospitals