Palliative forequarter amputation for metastatic carcinoma to the shoulder girdle region: Indications, preoperative evaluation, surgical technique, and results

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-113

  Wittig, James C ^a   Bickels, Jacob ^b   Kollender, Yehuda ^b   Kellar Graney, Kristen L ^a   Meller, Isaac ^b   Malawer, Martin M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Axillary tumor(s); Brachial plexus; Phantom limb pain; Regional analgesia; Unresectable tumor; Venography

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; AXILLARY VEIN; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; INTRACTABLE PAIN; JOINT CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; SHOULDER;

EID: 0035004968     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.1079     Document Type: Article

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