Utilitarian shoulder approach for malignant tumor resection

Orthopedics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 479-484

  Wittig, James C ^a   Bickels, Jacob ^b   Wodajo, Felasfa ^c   Kellar Graney, Kristen L ^c   Meller, Isaac ^b   Malawer, Martin M ^c  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c WASHINGTON CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BONE CANCER; BONE REMODELING; HUMAN; HUMERUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WOUND CLOSURE;

BONE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HUMERUS; SARCOMA; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0036590382     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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