ArticleSICOT-J2017
Upper extremity sarcoma: impact of current practice guidelines and controversies on reconstructive approaches.
Article in SICOT-J, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Review
- Mesenchymal stromal cells for bone sarcoma treatment: Roadmap to clinical practice.Journal of bone oncology · 2019Review
- Surgical Reconstruction after Resection of a Large Myxofibrosarcoma of the Upper Extremity.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2019Article
- Clinical and pathological features of upper limb nerve tumors - four years retrospective study.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologieArticle
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Abstract
The goals of sarcoma management include both a cure and the functional preservation of involved tissues and adjacent critical structures with common opinions favoring immediate reconstruction. The question arises whether these goals are contradictory. This paper discusses the question based on the experience of 28 patients with different types of extremity sarcoma, with 24 surgically treated by the University of California San Diego (UCSD) orthopedic and plastic surgery team (2011-2016) and the collection of evidence from published practice guidelines, reviews, case studies, and clinical trials. Included are the impact of limb-sparing and functional reconstructive concepts, efforts regarding the adequacy of surgical margins, and the rationale of immediate versus delayed reconstructive approaches, and the disease-free status of sarcoma management.
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