Soft tissue sarcoma of the upper extremity: A 5-year experience at two institutions emphasizing the role of soft tissue flap reconstruction

Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2256-2264

  Lohman, Robert F ^a   Nabawi, Ayman S ^b   Reece, Gregory P ^c   Pollock, Raphael E ^c   Evans, Gregory R D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flaps; Reconstruction; Soft tissue sarcoma; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; LIMB TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG BONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037089580     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10419     Document Type: Article

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