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Figure 5

From: Clinical outcomes of frozen autograft reconstruction for the treatment of primary bone sarcoma in adolescents and young adults

Figure 5

Pedicle freezing procedure. The bone tumor is excised with a pedicle to the healthy bone with an adequate margin. After curettage inside the tumor-bearing bone and removal of the surrounding soft tissue, the remaining bone was turned upside down, and then immersed and frozen for 20 min in liquid nitrogen. After thawing, the devitalized bone was fixed to the residual healthy bone on the original site with double locking plates.

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