Clinical outcome of total scapulectomy in 10 patients with primary malignant bone and soft-tissue tumors

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 130-135

  Nakamura, Shinichiro ^a,b,c   Kusuzaki, Katsuyuki ^b   Murata, Hiroaki ^b   Takeshita, Hideyuki ^b   Hirata, Masazumi ^b   Hashiguchi, Shin ^b   Hirasawa, Yasusuke ^b  

^a Ayabe Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Ayabe Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone and soft tissue neoplasms; Functional evaluation; Limb salvage; Scapulectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCAPULA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032728726     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199911)72:3<130::AID-JSO4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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