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ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2020

Limb Salvage and Reconstruction Options in Osteosarcoma.

Samuel Z Grinberg, Abigail Posta, Kristy L Weber, Robert J Wilson

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Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. [Reconstruction of bone defects after resection of osteosarcoma in children with artificial hemi-knee prosthesis].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2025
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  17. A review of the development of histotripsy for extremity tumor ablation with a canine comparative oncology model to inform human treatments.International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group · 2023
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  19. Histotripsy Ablation of Spontaneously Occurring Canine Bone Tumors In Vivo.IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Samuel Z GrinbergMedical Student, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Abigail PostaUndergraduate Student, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA.
Kristy L WeberPenn Medicine Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Robert J WilsonPenn Medicine Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Robert.wilson3@uphs.upenn.edu.
Penn Center for AIDS Research · USSwarthmore College · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of Pennsylvania Health System · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in chemotherapy, sophisticated imaging, and surgical techniques over the last few decades have allowed limb-salvage surgery (LSS) to become the preferred surgical treatment for bone sarcomas of the extremities. The goal of LLS is to maximize limb functionality to allow for the maintenance of quality of life without compromising overall survival and tumor local recurrence rates. Today, limb-salvage procedures are performed on 80-95% of patients with extremity osteosarcoma, and the 5-year survival rate in extremity osteosarcoma patients is now 60-75%.This chapter will focus on LSS for extremity osteosarcoma. Common types of surgical reconstruction techniques including endoprostheses, intercalary or osteoarticular allografts, vascularized fibular autografts, and allograft prosthetic composites (APC), and their complications such as infection, local recurrence, graft fracture, implant failure, and nonunion will be discussed in detail. Anatomic locations of lesions discussed include the proximal femur, distal femur, proximal tibia, distal tibia, proximal humerus, distal humerus, and forearm bones.

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Bone NeoplasmsLimb SalvageOsteosarcomaBone TransplantationHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeAllograftAllograft prosthesis compositeEndoprosthesisFemurInfectionLimb salvage surgeryLocal recurrenceLooseningNonunionOsteosarcomaWear

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