Long-term evaluation of a novel surgical approach to the pseudotumour of the ilium in haemophilia: exeresis and transposition of the omentum in the residual cavity.

Pseudotumour of the ilium is a rare but severe complication in haemophiliacs. Excision is often complicated by infections, fistulation and extensive pelvic bone destruction. In 1978, the first author carried out excision of the pseudotumour with transposition of the omentum in the dead cavity to avoid recurrence. This type of surgery has been carried out in three additional patients. The long follow-up of these four patients suggests that this procedure is feasible and curative; local bleeding, infection and fistulation did not recur and the patients remained ambulant with the aid of appropriate devices.