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ArticleCureus2025

En-Bloc Excision and Autogenous Fibular Reconstruction for Giant Cell Tumor of Distal Radius in a Developing Country: Lessons Learned.

Marlon M Mencia, Laeshelle S Basanoo, Raakesh Goalan

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Marlon M MenciaDepartment of Clinical Surgical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Saint Augustine, TTO.
Laeshelle S BasanooIntensive Care Unit/Anaesthetic Department, Sangre Grande Hospital, Sangre Grande, TTO.
Raakesh GoalanDepartment of surgery, Sangre Grande Hospital, Sangre Grande, TTO.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Giant cell tumors (GCT) are rare, locally aggressive tumors with a high rate of recurrence after treatment. Most tumors occur around the knee joint, but the distal radius is the most common location in the upper limb. While several treatment options have been proposed; management remains controversial. We present the first two cases of GCT of the distal radius treated with en-bloc resection and autogenous fibula grafting at our institution. The challenges that we encountered and the lessons learned from these initial cases are discussed, with the aim of guiding other surgeons who may need to manage similar cases in low-resource settings.

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complicationsdistal radiusen bloc excisionfibular reconstructiongiant cell tumorlow-resource

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PMID40322352
PMCPMC12050097

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