title: Extra-articular resection of the shoulder (Tikhoff-Linberg).
abstract: The authors have reviewed 21 cases of extra-articular resection of the shoulder, using the Tikhoff-Linberg technique, carried out at the Tumour Centre of the Rizzoli Institute. The effectiveness of this method has been evaluated both oncologically (by a study of the resected specimens) and functionally. The possible complications are considered. The authors describe a modification of the technique for tumours of the proximal humerus in which only part of the scapula is removed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001858:Bone Nails; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000601:surgery; D007595:Joint Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D012540:Scapula / Q000601:surgery; D012782:Shoulder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*