Limb-sparing surgery preserves more function than amputation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 786-794

  Aksnes, L H ^a   Bauer, H C F ^a,b   Jebsen, N L ^a,c   Folleras G ^a   Allert, C ^a,b   Haugen, G S ^a   Hall, K S ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYALGIA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMPLOYMENT; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OSTEOSARCOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SARCOMA, EWING'S;

EID: 45549086029     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B6.19805     Document Type: Article

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