Quality of life following limb-salvage surgery for bone sarcomas

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-73

  Ruggieri, Pietro ^a   Mavrogenis, Andreas F ^a   Mercuri, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bone tumors; limb salvage surgery; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GAIT; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB SALVAGE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL TUMOR SOCIETY SCORE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOSARCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION CARE; REINTEGRATION TO NORMAL LIVING INDEX; REVIEW; ROTATIONPLASTY; SHORT FORM 36; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TORONTO EXTREMITY SALVAGE SCORE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BONE NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SARCOMA; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 79952156410     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: 17448379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erp.10.91     Document Type: Review

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