Background and Objectives: Limb-sparing surgery has become the preferred surgical treatment of malignant bone tumors. The objective of this study was to evaluate factors that influence the morbidity and outcome of prosthetic knee replacement after resection of malignant tumors of the distal femur. M
Desarthrodesis and prosthetic reconstruction of the knee after resection of bone tumors
β Scribed by Pietro Ruggieri; Georgios Kasimatis; Costantino Errani; Giuseppe Bosco; Mario Mercuri
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 101 KB
- Volume
- 102
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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