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COLLADO OTERO, Juan Carlos; GONZALEZ CHICA, Carlos Alberto; PAREDES LOPEZ, Dagmar  y  RENO CESPEDES, Jesús de los Santos. Results of lung metastasectomy due to osteosarcoma in children (1985-2005). Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2007, vol.46, n.4, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2945.

In Cuba the real incidence of lung metastasectomy in children with anatomopathological diagnosis of osteosarcoma is not well known. The objective of this paper was to describe the results of this surgical procedure in pediatric patients operated on in our service in a period of 20 years. 19 patients of the total of 145 that received attention underwent surgery. Lung mastectomy was more frequent among males near the adolescence. There was a predominance of unique metastasis; the right lung was the most affected and, therefore, the approaches on this hemithorax were more common. The right vertical axilary thoracotomy (Bordonne technique) and wedge metastasectomy  were the most used techniques. It was possible to observe by statistical methods and Kaplan Meier’s tables for event-free survival and global survival, a significant difference in connection with the distribution  of times and a high morbidity and mortality, in spite of metastasectomy.

Palabras clave : Lung metastasectomy; osteosarcoma at pediatric ages.

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