Publications by authors named "Errol Hutagalung"
Introduction: Every emergency surgery performed is aimed at saving lives; however, during COVID-19 pandemic, surgeries are often postponed. Many existing recommendations take into account postponing surgery during a pandemic. How these surgeries can lead to increasing infection rates has not been widely published.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: to analyze the outcome and survival rate of osteosarcoma patients in our hospital as well as the factors affecting prognosis and functional outcome.
Methods: this is a retrospective cohort study of osteosarcoma patients in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital underwent limb salvage surgery (LSS), amputation, LSS + amputation, and refused surgery from year 1995 to 2014. The surgical decision was based on patient's age, staging, location, neurovascular involvement, Huvos type, functional demand, patient preference, and general condition.
Correlation between survival and tumour characteristics in patients with chondrosarcoma.
J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong)
December 2015
Purpose: To evaluate the correlation between survival and tumour characteristics in 23 patients with chondrosarcoma.
Methods: Records of 15 men and 8 women aged 14 to 66 (mean, 37) years who were diagnosed with primary (n=19) or secondary (n=4) chondrosarcoma of the axial skeleton (n=8), proximal extremity (n=9), or distal extremity (n=6) were reviewed. The tumour diameter was <10 cm in 4 patients, 10-19 cm in 12, and 20-30 cm in 7.
Article Synopsis
- Lipoblastoma is a rare, benign tumor of immature fat cells primarily occurring in infants and young children, representing less than 1% of childhood tumors.
- It is more frequently found in males and typically appears as a fast-growing, soft mass on the limbs that is usually asymptomatic.
- Despite being benign, its management can be challenging due to its invasive nature, so complete surgical removal is the recommended treatment.
Aim: To assess clinical factors associated with partial hip replacement surgery failure and to develop a scoring system to predict it before treatment.
Methods: This was a historical cohort study of hip fracture cases underwent partial hip replacement in Siaga Raya Hospital, Jakarta between January 1997 and December 2006. Patients' clinical assessment included sex, age at surgery, ambulatory state, the number of underlying disease or comorbidities, hemoglobin and serum albumin levels, type of fracture and elapsed time between the day of fracture and day of surgery.