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Silastic Replacement of Metacarpal after Resection of Giant Cell Tumour. A Case Report

A. CHATTERJEE
D. B. DHOLAKIA
S. V. VAIDYA

From the Department of Orthopaedics, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India

Correspondence: Dr Anirban Chatterjee, 2nd Floor, 7, Bepin Pal Road, Kolkata - 700 026, India. Tel.:+91-33-24658441; E-mail: anirbanc28{at}rediffmail.com

Giant cell tumours are aggressive lesions, albeit benign. Lesions in the hand, especially those arising from metacarpals require resection with adequate margins and definitive structural reconstruction to ensure preservation of hand architecture, function and cosmesis. Almost all the described reconstructive procedures require a stump of tumour free metacarpal base after resection, for reconstruction of the metacarpal. This report describes replacement of the entire metacarpal with a silastic prosthesis, in a case of giant cell tumour involving the entire metacarpal head and shaft to within 7 mm of the base.

Key Words: metacarpal • giant cell tumour • silastic prosthetic replacement

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 29, No. 4, 402-405 (2004)
DOI: 10.1016/J.JHSB.2004.01.007
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