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Originally Posted by warrior1  I may have misunderstood, but I was under the impression the lucasmom was just referring to removing the tumor. I didn't think she was asking about a limb sparing. My apologizes if I am wrong. |
Warrior1,
To the best of my understanding, limb-sparing IS removing the tumor.......in a sense. With OS, the tumor is not a growth ON the bone, but rather the bone itself changing shape, growing un-regulated in an outwardly fashion. So basically, you do not 'remove' the tumor, you 'grind' down the bone & either use a bone graph or an implant of some kind, since the remaining bone is brittle & will not support the dog at all. (S/S plate, composite plastic, etc.) I believe that is the only 'removal' option that exists for this............at least when it's in the wrist. (Distal radius)
Regards,
MK