Reconstructive Microsurgery and Tissue Engineering in Musculo-Skeletal Oncology - Innovative Techniques

Di Bella, Claudia (2012) Reconstructive Microsurgery and Tissue Engineering in Musculo-Skeletal Oncology - Innovative Techniques, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Oncologia e patologia sperimentale: progetto n. 1 "Oncologia", 24 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/4307.
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Abstract

Tumors involving bone and soft tissues are extremely challenging situations. With the recent advances of multi-modal treatment, not only the type of surgery has moved from amputation to limb-sparing procedures, but also the survivorship has improved considerably and reconstructive techniques have the goal to allow a considerably higher quality of life. In bone reconstruction, tissue engineering strategies are the main area of research. Re-vascularization and re-vitalisation of a massive allograft would considerably improve the outcome of biological reconstructions. Using a rabbit animal model, in this study we showed that, by implanting a vascular pedicle inside a weight bearing massive cortical allograft, the bone regeneration inside the allograft was higher compared to the non-vascularized implants, given the patency of the vascular pedicle. Improvement in the animal model and the addition of Stem Cells and Growth factors will allow a further improvement in the results. In soft tissue tumors, free and pedicled flaps have been proven to be of great help as reconstruction strategies. In this study we analyzed the functional and overall outcome of 14 patients who received a re-innervated vascularized flap. We have demonstrated that the use of the innovative technique of motor re-innervated muscular flaps is effective when the resection involves important functional compartments of the upper or lower limb, with no increase of post-operative complications. Although there was no direct comparison between this type of reconstruction and the standard non-innervated reconstruction, we underlined the remarkable high overall functional scores and patient satisfaction following this procedure.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Di Bella, Claudia
Supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Scienze biologiche, biomediche e biotecnologiche
Ciclo
24
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Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
Musculo-Skeletal Oncology, Tissue Engineering, Reconstructive microsurgery
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DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/4307
Data di discussione
3 Maggio 2012
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