The role of radical amputations for extremity tumors: A single institution experience and review of the literature

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-155

  Parsons, Colin M ^a   Pimiento, Jose M ^a   Cheong, David ^a   Marzban, Suroosh S ^a   Gonzalez, Ricardo J ^a   Johnson, David ^a   Letson, G Douglas ^a   Zager, Jonathan S ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

amputation; extremity tumor; forequarter; hindquarter

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FOREQUARTER AMPUTATION; FUNGATING WOUND; GRAFT NECROSIS; HINDQUARTER AMPUTATION; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB DISEASE; LIMB TUMOR; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WOUND; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855353474     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.22067     Document Type: Review

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