Upper-extremity amputation in tumours of the shoulder and upper arm - Experiences of the vienna bone tumour registry;Die amputation an der oberen extremität bei tumoren der schulter und des oberarmes - Erfahrungen aus dem wiener knochengeschwulstregister

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-18

  Funovics, Philipp T ^a   Dominkus, M ^a   Kotz, R ^a  

^a University of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amputation; Tumour; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE CANCER; CANCER INVASION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMERUS; LIMB REPLANTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE; NEUROVASCULAR BUNDLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; SHOULDER; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AMPUTATION; ARM; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; AUSTRIA; BONE NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HUMERUS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; REPLANTATION; SARCOMA; SHOULDER; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41149116650     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-989418     Document Type: Article

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