title: Limb salvage for malignant bone and soft-tissue tumours of the shoulder girdle.
abstract: We treated 15 patients with malignant bone and soft-tissue tumours of the shoulder girdle using limb salvage operations involving resection of the proximal humerus, scapula and clavicle. The oncological and functional outcomes were evaluated in all patients after an average of 5 (1-13) years. Oncological evaluation revealed that in 11 patients with adequate surgical margins six were continuously disease free and two had no evidence of disease. Three patients with marginal surgical margins had all died. We suggest that only where adequate surgical margins can be obtained should operations be performed. Forequarter amputation is still indicated in patients with complicated neurovascular involvement. Functional evaluation showed that scapular resections, especially glenoid resections, provided poor results (mean score 54%) in comparison with patients without such resection (mean score 82%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oita Medical University, 1-1 idaiga-oka, Hasama-machi, Oita-gun, Oita, Japan. hirohumi@oita-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Taira
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takasita
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsumura
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Torisu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D023821:Limb Salvage / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012785:Shoulder Joint; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome