Reconstructive treatment of soft tissue sarcoma of the upper extremity

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1241-1247

  Megerle, Kai ^a,b   Sauerbier, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epineural stripping; reconstruction; sarcoma; soft tissue sarcoma; upper extremity

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HAND RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LIMB TUMOR; MICROSURGERY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79959822379     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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