Microwave Ablation of Pelvic Malignant Bone Tumors

Background: A considerable percentage of primary or secondary malignancy developed from pelvis. The current widely used surgical treatment is en blot resection of tumor-bearing bone followed by reconstruction. The high rate of complication and mechanical instability often contribute to poor results. Given the poor prognosis and high mobility for pelvic malignancy, some authors think that consideration should be given to pursuing no operative management in patient with large and high grade sarcoma although radiation therapy is not curative, and chemotherapy is even less useful for the majority of cases, because it rarely ever completely eradicates the primary lesion. Some surgeons in China would rather only do resection without any reconstruction leaving a flail joint. New approaches are needed to further overcome the difficult.