Predictors of functional outcomes following limb salvage surgery for lower-extremity soft tissue sarcoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 206-211

  Davis, A M ^a   Sennik, S ^a   Griffin, A M ^a   Wunder, J S ^a   O'Sullivan, B ^b   Catton, C N ^b   Bell, R S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Function; Limb preservation; Outcome; Predictive factors; Soft tissue sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RESECTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LEG; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034007023     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(200004)73:4<206::AID-JSO4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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