The Tikhoff-Linberg procedure in the treatment of sarcomas of the shoulder girdle.
The majority of patients with soft tissue or bone sarcomas of the upper extremity can be treated today with limb-saving procedures using combined modality therapies. For patients with a tumor in the shoulder area, sometimes an interscapulothoracic amputation is the only radical surgical treatment. However, in selected cases, in which the tumor does not involve the neurovascular bundle, a limb-sparing alternative might be the Tikhoff-Linberg resection. Normal function of the hand and forearm, with reasonable function of the elbow, can be maintained by this procedure. Four case histories are reported.
Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Groningen Hospital, The Netherlands.
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Hoekstra
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Schraffordt Koops
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D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009985:Orthopedics / Q000379:methods; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome