Fifteen years of bone tumor cryosurgery: A single-center experience of 440 procedures and long-term follow-up

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 921-927

  Meller, I ^a   Weinbroum, A ^a   Bickels, J ^a   Dadia, S ^a   Nirkin, A ^a   Merimsky, O ^a   Issakov, J ^a   Flusser, G ^a   Marouani, N ^a   Cohen, N ^a   Kollender, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone sarcoma; Bone tumor; Cryosurgery; Limb sparing surgery; Metastases

Indexed keywords

ARGON; LIQUID NITROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; BURN; CHILD; CRYOSURGERY; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SACRUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46749146883     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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