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Bone Tumor Reconstruction

Bone Tumor Reconstruction: What Happens After Tumor Removal?

Removing a tumor can leave a major structural gap, requiring reconstruction methods such as endoprostheses, bone grafts, allografts, and complex joint reconstruction, with the NCI listing several of these strategies following limb-sparing surgery.

Questions Patients Really Ask

Timing depends on the tumor, treatment plan and reconstruction required.

Function varies according to the tumor location, amount of tissue removed and reconstruction.

The surgery does not end when the tumor is removed. Function must be rebuilt too.