Management of giant cell tumour of bones: Report of 16 cases

ABSTRACT

A retrospective review was conducted on sixteen giant cell tumours which had mostly occurred in the extremities. These tumours were treated as three groups operated on by three different surgical techniques. The treatment was mainly aggressive curettage with the use of local adjuvant therapy. The cavity was then filled with bone grafting or acrylic cement or both. The functional results were critically analyzed according to the system of Enneking. One lesion recurred twice, probably due to insufficient surgical excision of the tumour. However, the authors emphasized the importance of the surgical margin with the use of local adjuvant therapy and cement reconstruction, which facilitated quicker rehabilitation