Functional and oncological outcomes after limb-salvage surgery for primary sarcomas of the upper limb

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 382-387

  Wright, E H C ^a   Gwilym, S ^b   Gibbons, C L M H ^c   Critchley, P ^d   Giele, H P ^d  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional; Outcome; Salvage; Sarcoma; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHONDROSARCOMA; EXCISION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SARCOMA; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 40849111749     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.01.080     Document Type: Article

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