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    Resection of Periacetabular Lesions

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    Peri-acetabular pelvic resections are demanding operations with complex indications, anatomy, and postoperative rehabilitation. Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor of Britain in 1935 called hindquarter amputations “one of the most colossal mutilations practiced on the human frame.” [1] It was attempted with and without success prior to the turn of the twentieth century with Girard of Berne documenting the first nonfatal pelvic resection for sarcoma in 1895 [2]. As the knowledge base of pelvic anatomy, oncology, and imaging technology grew, more attempts at hemipelvectomy were made, and various techniques were developed. The application of cross-sectional imaging as well as the rise of metallurgy and implant development in the 1970s expanded the indications of this operation
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