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Following the resection, different techniques were used to reconstruct the ankle: tibiotalar arthrodesis, residual lateral malleolus fixed to the tibia, non-vascularized or rotational vascularized fibula transposition and intercalary allograft. All complications were recorded, and the functional outcomes were evaluated; (3) Results: The mean follow-up time was 54 months (range, 13\u2013116). Six patients were free of disease while four patients died of disease. All patients had a stable ankle and bone union, which was achieved after a mean of 9.4 months (range 3\u201320). The mean MSTS Score was 26.7 (range 21\u201330). Chronic ankle pain and peroneal external nerve palsy were observed. Patients underwent additional surgeries for deep infection and for equinus ankle deformity. No local recurrence was observed. Metastasis occurred in four patients after a mean of 14.7 months (range 2\u201334); (4) Conclusions: After DF resection, the restoration of ankle biomechanics gives acceptable functional results, but a larger series of patients with long-time follow-up are required to confirm the durability of the reconstruction.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/curroncol28050299","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,7]],"date-time":"2021-09-07T02:44:18Z","timestamp":1630982658000},"page":"3463-3473","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Distal Fibula Reconstruction in Primary Malignant Tumours"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"28","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2089-4876","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adyb Adrian","family":"Khal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400000 Cluj-Napoca, Romania"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Lenval University Children\u2019s Hospital, 06200 Nice, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Riccardo","family":"Zucchini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5786-6767","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Claudio","family":"Giannini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2099-8547","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andrea","family":"Sambri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Davide Maria","family":"Donati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy"},{"name":"Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Massimiliano","family":"De Paolis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Picci, P., Manfrini, M., Fabbri, N., Gambarotti, M., and Vanel, D. 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