Limb Salvage
Efficacy of limb salvage with primary tumor resection simultaneously for solitary bone metastasis in limbs
... for limb bone metastases has more favorable effort in prolonging survival and improving the quality of life than that after pathological fracture ...received limb salvage surgery with primary tumor ...
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Predictive factors for successful limb salvage surgery in diabetic foot patients
... of limb salvage (Table ...of limb salvage and age, sex, smoking status, type of diabetes, ischemic heart syndrome, stroke, or ...of limb salvage was significantly associated with ...
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Outcomes of limb salvage surgery in patients with extremity osteosarcoma.
... Osteosarcoma was diagnosed in 41 patients by ‘Jamshidi’ needle biopsy. Remaining 51 patients were diagnosed by open biopsy, of which 38(74.5%) were done elsewhere before referring to our institute. Only six of forty one ...
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A Study on Limb Salvage in Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcomas
... , limb salvage has evolved , this technique has been proven safe and effective ...in limb salvage with development of radiographic studies such as MRI ...
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Malawer limb salvage surgery for the treatment of scapular chondrosarcoma
... with limb salvage surgery ...and limb salvage surgery as well as improvement in disease-free survival period and de- crease in recurrence rates ...the limb function ...
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Limb salvage in osteosarcoma using autoclaved tumor bearing bone
... of limb-salvage surgery for bone tumors, it seems clear that tumor prostheses give the best results in terms of function and comparative pau- city of complications, at least in the short and medium term ...
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Limb salvage after gas gangrene: a case report and review of the literature
... the limb after operation for gas gang- ...with limb salvage after gas gangrene reviewed here, empiric as well as specific anti- biotic regimen was in concordance with the aforemen- tioned ...
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Revascularization of a specific angiosome for limb salvage: does the target artery matter?
... Scheinert et al. [20] presented the follow-up data of 112 patients treated with either PTA or PTA+ stent in the infrapopliteal vessels in 2004 concluding that 1-year patency rates were significantly superior with 83% in ...
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From amputation to limb salvage reconstruction: evolution and role of the endoprosthesis in musculoskeletal oncology
... One of the earliest internally expandable prostheses was the Phenix growing prosthesis (Phenix Medical, Paris, France) [49]. This system used a preloaded spring between two titanium tubes, which was then covered by a ...
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Sentinel node biopsy as an adjunct to limb salvage surgery for epithelioid sarcoma of the hand
... Soft tissue sarcomas generally have a low incidence of regional lymph node metastasis (3–10%) [2] and regional lymph node recurrence (4–10%) [12,13]. Standard treat- ment includes wide local excision with pre-or ...
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Quality of life implications as a consequence of surgery: limb salvage, primary and secondary amputation.
... Survival rates for patients with bone cancer have increased substantially since the 1970s 1 . With modern treatment, survival rates in the order of 65% can now be achieved. Some 85% of patients are offered limb ...
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<p>Efficacy of a new local limb salvage treatment for limb-threatening diabetic foot wounds - a randomized controlled study</p>
... Background: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) is the main risk factor for nontraumatic lower-limb amputation. We hypothesized that by reversing the offending local tissue factors resulting from the low tissue supply of ...
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Implantation of customized 3 D printed titanium prosthesis in limb salvage surgery: a case series and review of the literature
... The rapid prototyping (RP) is a process which directly generates physical objects with defined structure and shape on the basis of virtual mode data. The commonly used RP techniques include stereolithography (SLA), se- ...
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The mangled extremity and attempt for limb salvage
... successful limb salvage lies in the overall function and sat- isfaction of the ...for limb salvage according to MESI and MESS scoring sys- tems, was physician's choice in relation to patient's ...
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy combined with limb salvage surgery in patients with limb osteosarcoma of Enneking stage II: a retrospective study
... with limb salvage surgery to treat some patients with limb ...of limb function in group A was significantly higher than that in group B, illustrating that neoadjuvant chemotherapy can reduce ...
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Limb Salvage Surgery for Musculoskeletal Oncology
... The local control of soft-tissue sarcoma of the extremity required amputation in the past because of the high local recurrence rate with local resection. At present, limb salvage procedures combined with ...
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A Disruptive Treatment to Prevent Amputation and Enhance Limb Salvage in an Elderly Patient
... In non-hypoxic wounds with adequate blood supply, these free radicals are quenched by the free radical quenchers superoxide dismutase, catalases and reduced glutathione present within bl[r] ...
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Limb Salvage procedures in diabetic Foot ulcers: A Prospective Analytical study
... In the study by Gerit D.Mulder, recombinant platelet derived growth factor application once a day for diabetic foot ulcers resulted in rapid granulation which are grafted there by avoiding limb loss. Steed e all, ...
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Vascular repair in trauma - critical analysis for improving limb salvage.
... Old age, atherosclerosis, diabetes – mellitus anemia influence degree of ischemia. The degree and duration of shcok may determine the onset of gangrene after vascular damage. In shock both the low B.P. and compensatory ...
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Novel “double strut” fibula ankle arthrodesis for large tumor related bone defect of distal tibia
... or limb salvage failure. A systematic review concluded that limb salvage can provide similar function of the limb as compared to am- putated limbs ...for limb salvage ...
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