The effect of preoperative radiotherapy and reconstructive surgery on wound complications after resection of extremity soft-tissue sarcomas

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1209-1215

  Tseng, Jennifer F ^a   Ballo, Matthew T ^a   Langstein, Howard N ^a   Wayne, Jeffrey D ^a   Cormier, Janice N ^a   Hunt, Kelly K ^a   Feig, Barry W ^a   Yasko, Alan W ^a   Lewis, Valerae O ^a   Lin, Patrick P ^a   Cannon, Christopher P ^a   Zagars, Gunar K ^a   Pollock, Raphael E ^a   Pisters, Peter W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Neoadjuvant; Preoperative; Radiotherapy; Reconstructive surgery; Sarcoma; Wound complication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DRESSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SARCOMA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33748967750     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9028-6     Document Type: Article

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