The surgical and functional outcome of limb-salvage surgery with vascular reconstruction for soft tissue sarcoma of the extremity

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1102-1110

  Ghert, Michelle A ^a   Davis, Aileen M ^b   Griffin, Anthony M ^a,b   Alyami, Ali H ^a   White, Lawrence ^b   Kandel, Rita A ^a   Ferguson, Peter ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Brian ^c   Catton, Charles N ^c   Lindsay, Thomas ^d   Rubin, Barry ^d   Bell, Robert S ^a,b   Wunder, Jay S ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complications; Function; Limb salvage; Sarcoma; Vascular reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; METASTASIS; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTOMA, BENIGN FIBROUS; HUMANS; LEG; LIMB SALVAGE; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 27844575677     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2005.06.036     Document Type: Article

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