Possibilities and limitations of limb-preserving therapy for bone tumors today.
To sum up, modern resection and extremity-preserving therapy is characterized by the following aspects: (1) The surgical procedure must be appropriate for the stage of the tumor. (2) From a functional point of view, the results of the resection treatment have so far been encouraging. (3) In spite of considerable technical progress, the implantation of bone-replacement endoprostheses as a treatment for primary osteosarcoma of the extremities must still be considered to be at the experimental stage.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants