Sarcoma in the forearm and hand: Clinical outcomes and microsurgical reconstruction for limb salvage

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-33

  Muramatsu, Keiichi ^a   Ihara, Koichiro ^b   Doi, Kazuteru ^c   Hashimoto, Takahiro ^a   Taguchi, Toshihiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kanmon Medical Center   (Japan)

^c Ogori Daiichi General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forearm; Hand; Limb salvage; Microsurgery; Reconstruction; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; METASTASIS; MICROSURGERY; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949084001     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181743a11     Document Type: Article

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