Extremity soft tissue tumor surgery by surgical specialty: A comparison of case volume among oncology and non-oncology-designated surgeons

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 142-147

  Canter, Robert J ^a   Smith, Caitlin A ^a   Martinez, Steve R ^a   Goodnight, James E ^a   Bold, Richard J ^a   Wisner, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

general orthopedics; general surgery; orthopedic oncology; plastic surgery; soft tissue sarcoma; soft tissue tumors; surgical oncology; unplanned excision

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; EXCISION; EXTREMITY SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LIMB TUMOR; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

EID: 84881170909     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23372     Document Type: Article

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