Limb salvage surgery for pathological fractures in osteosarcoma
โ Scribed by Mayil V. Natarajan; R. H. Govardhan; S. Williams; T. S. Raja Gopal
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0341-2695
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This is a 2-7-year follow-up report by 21 institutes in Japan concerning limb-salvage surgery for osteosarcoma. Between 1980 and 1985, 248 patients with osteosarcoma were treated, and 105 patients had limb-salvage surgery. The percentage of cases treated by limb-salvage surgery increased with each y