title: Total joint arthroplasty. Applications in the management of bone tumors.
abstract: Limb-saving resection has become a valid alternative to amputation in carefully selected patients with bone tumors. As interest grows in this technique, efforts continue to improve our methods of bone and joint reconstruction to restore a functional extremity. Previously there was little interest in this form of treatment despite a limb-saving potential, because of inadequate methods of skeletal reconstruction. The purpose of this paper is to review these previous methods and to outline our present approach to the problem.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001178:Arthroplasty; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005269:Femur / Q000601:surgery; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000601:surgery; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery