A new protocol of surgical treatment of long bone metastases

Ortopedia Traumatologia Rehabilitacja

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-275

  Capanna, Rodolfo ^a   De Biase, Pietro ^a   Campanacci, Domenico A ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Long bones; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PROSTHESIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PARAMETER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 2442453385     PISSN: 15093492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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