What constraints do you use for a non-weight bearing bone when treating a patient with sarcoma?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
The only long bone that is truly not weight bearing is the fibula. (This is why ENTs can harvest fibula for mandible reconstruction and not reconstruct the fibula.)
All other long bones are weight bearing under at least some circumstances. Femur and tibia are obviously WB with ambulation. However, ...
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Radiation Oncologist at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Agree with this excellent review!
Agree with this excellent review!