The interior of epiphysis is filled with spongy bone. Some epiphyses are also sites ofred blood cellformation in adults. In order to distinguish between the epiphysis and the diaphysis, a narrow area known asmetaphysisis present. The metaphysis contains the epiphyseal plate (growth plate), a la...
The free ends of the rods extending from the openings in the bone are fastened to the epiphyses by the screws via the said threaded openings. Postoperatively, the dynamic monitoring is provided every three months with clinical examination and X-ray imaging for assigning the date when the rods ...
Since the tumors were located within the shafts of the long bones, with no involvement of the epiphyses in any case, reconstructions were performed using long diaphyseal intercalary grafts. The allograft combined with the fibula free flap was secured to the proximal and distal stumps of the tibi...