CARE AND TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH OSTEOSARCOMA IN RSM TREATED AT JZU UNIVERSITY CLINIC FOR CHILDREN'S DISEASES IN SKOPJE IN THE PERIOD FROM 2009 TO 2019 Cover Image

НЕГА И ТРЕТМАН НА КОМПЛИКАЦИИ КАЈ ДЕЦА СО OSTEOSARCOMA ВО РСМ ЛЕКУВАНИ НА ЈЗУ УНИВЕРЗИТЕТСКА КЛИНИКА ЗА ДЕТСКИ БОЛЕСТИ ВО СКОПЈЕ ВО ПЕРИОД ОД 2009 ДО 2019 ГОДИНА
CARE AND TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH OSTEOSARCOMA IN RSM TREATED AT JZU UNIVERSITY CLINIC FOR CHILDREN'S DISEASES IN SKOPJE IN THE PERIOD FROM 2009 TO 2019

Author(s): Slavica Matevska, Gordana Panova
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Scientific Institute of Management and Knowledge
Keywords: osteosarcoma;symptoms;diagnosis;treatment;complications

Summary/Abstract: Osteosarcoma is one of the diseases that is included in the collection of primary malignant bone tumors. Apart from being one of the most common malignant bone tumors, it is also mentioned in the literature as the oldest recorded human tumor. The aim of the work is to determine the prevalence of osteosarcoma by sex, age and vision, as well as the method of its further treatment by determining the presence of the main symptoms, diagnostic methods, methods of treatment and their effectiveness in relation to the occurrence of complications during treatment. . As materials in this research, 34 patients who were diagnosed with osteosarcoma in the period from 2009 to 2019 at the JZU University Clinic for Children's Diseases in Skopje, of which 18 were male and 16 were female, aged 6 to 24 years. Analytical basic methods (analysis, specialization and deduction) and synthetic basic methods (concretization, generalization and induction) and quantitative analysis with the help of statistical methods are used as methods in the research. According to the results of the research, osteosarcoma is equally represented in males and females, and it prevails at the age of 6 to 12 years, a special type that is more common than conventional osteosarcoma. The most common symptoms are pain and edema, while X-ray is the most common diagnostic method, and the treatment is mainly chemotherapy and surgical removal of the tumor. The incidence of infection is medium, there is a minimal level of mechanical defects in the endoprosthesis, a small number of fractures.

  • Issue Year: 59/2023
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 281-288
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Macedonian
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