Similar Survival but Better Function for Patients after Limb Salvage versus Amputation for Distal Tibia Osteosarcoma

BACKGROUND: Amputation has been the standard surgical treatment for distal tibia osteosarcoma. Advances in surgery and chemotherapy have made limb salvage possible. However, it is unclear whether limb salvage offers any improvement in function without compromising survival. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We th...

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Autores principales: Mavrogenis, Andreas F., Abati, Caterina Novella, Romagnoli, Carlo, Ruggieri, Pietro
Formato: Artigo
Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2012
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Clinical Research
Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3348295/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22270466
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-011-2238-7
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