title: Palliative surgery for advance osteosarcoma of shoulder region.
abstract: We are presenting here eight cases of advanced osteosarcoma of shoulder region involving scapula and upper humerus in children upto the age of thirteen years. All patients had complete loss of movement. Five patients underwent fore quarter amputation. Extensive amputation although a major mutilating procedure, provides patients a dramatic relief for the period that he survives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Children Hospital, PIMS, Islamabad, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Ayesha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asghar
authors.forename: Farhan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tareen
authors.forename: Ilyas
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bader
authors.forename: Nadeem
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akhtar
authors.forename: Naeem
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012782:Shoulder