title: [The choice of the extent of the surgical intervention in patients with soft tissue sarcomas of the extremities].
abstract: The analysis of data on 446 patients with soft tissue malignancies showed overall five-year survival rate to be 48.9%. The extent of tissue to be removed during sparing surgery is specified. In case of intramuscular location of tumor, it is enough to leave a 4-5-cm margin above and below the tumor border, as assessed by palpation. Indications for limb amputation at various levels were developed. Limb-sparing surgery could be employed on a larger scale if advances of modern plastic (skin, bone and vascular) surgery were adopted wider. A complex of rehabilitative measures was developed. Patients undergoing limb amputation need early prosthetics.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Trishkin
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Stoliarov
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D001132:Arm; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Vybor ob''ema operativnogo vmeshatel'stva u bol'nykh s sarkomami miagkikh tkaneĭ konechnosteĭ.