[Hemicorporectomy as the Highest Grade of En Bloc Sacrectomy].

[Hemicorporectomy as the Highest Grade of En Bloc Sacrectomy]. Acta Chir Orthop Traumatol Cech. 2020;87(1):52-57 Authors: Štulík J, Hoch J, Richtr P, Kříž J, Přikryl P, Kryl J Abstract Hemicorporectomy or translumbar amputation is an extensive surgical procedure consisting in removing the lower portion of the body. Thakur et al. found a total of 71 hemicorporectomies described in literature before 2017. In the form of a case study we present the case of our patient with terminal pelvic osteomyelitis, in whom hemicorporectomy was subsequently performed, namely from the spine surgery perspective. The man, 19 years old, was exposed to high-voltage electricity and fell down from a height of 4 meters. He suffered an instable comminuted fracture of T10 (AO A3.3.) with paraplegia (Frankel A) and multiple third-degree burns affecting 25% of his total body surface area. Subsequently, the patient underwent a total of 16 surgical procedures performed by medical experts in various specialties (orthopaedic surgery, general surgery, plastic surgery, urology, vascular surgery), but in spite of that the extensive pelvic osteomyelitis has not been successfully managed. At first, urine and stool diversion were performed. After 3 weeks, i.e. 18 months after the injury, the removal of the lower portion of the body was scheduled. The hemicorporectomy was divided into 4 stages. The surgery started by posterior transecting the spine at L4-L5 segment ...
Source: Acta Orthopaedica - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Acta Chir Orthop Traumatol Cech Source Type: research