INTRODUCTION: We evaluated the local recurrence rate (LRR) of bone sarcoma along the core-needle biopsy (CNB) tract in patients who underwent limb Salvage Surgery (LSS) following a diagnostic CNB performed irrespective of the planned surgical incision site and for which surgery did not involve any biopsy tract removal. METHODS: A retrospective review of 10 pediatric patients diagnosed with bone sarcoma using a computed tomography-guided core-needle biopsy, with evaluation of medical records, pathological specimens and radiological films from the date of diagnosis until the most recent follow-up. RESULTS: None of the patients experienced local recurrence during their follow up, despite the lack of biopsy site resection. CT scans of the involved extremities were negative for any suspicious lesions in all patients up until the most recent follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Our study and review of the literature suggest that the incidence of tumor seeding the CNB tract in bone sarcoma patients is apparently low, and possibly negligible. CNB should be performed through the most direct approach to the tumor, and LSS can be performed safely through the standard approaches without excision of the biopsy tract.
INTRODUCTION: We evaluated the local recurrence rate (LRR) of bone sarcoma along the core-needle biopsy (CNB) tract in patients who underwent limb Salvage Surgery (LSS) following a diagnostic CNB performed irrespective of the planned surgical incision site and for which surgery did not involve any biopsy tract removal. METHODS: A retrospective review of 10 pediatric patients diagnosed with bone sarcoma using a computed tomography-guided core-needle biopsy, with evaluation of medical records, pathological specimens and radiological films from the date of diagnosis until the most recent follow-up. RESULTS: None of the patients experienced local recurrence during their follow up, despite the lack of biopsy site resection. CT scans of the involved extremities were negative for any suspicious lesions in all patients up until the most recent follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Our study and review of the literature suggest that the incidence of tumor seeding the CNB tract in bone sarcomapatients is apparently low, and possibly negligible. CNB should be performed through the most direct approach to the tumor, and LSS can be performed safely through the standard approaches without excision of the biopsy tract.
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