title: Surgery for MSK tumors: 1971-2011.
abstract: Since 1971 surgical management of musculoskeletal tumors has changed dramatically. In 1971 less than one-fourth of patients with a malignant tumor had limb salvage surgery, the remainder having an amputation. Amputations were also sometimes done for recurrent benign tumors. Since then amputation has become unusual for malignant disease and is virtually never done for benign tumors. The changes have been made possible because of advances in anesthesiology, surgery, radiology, medical oncology, and radiation oncology.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. dspringfield@partners.org
authors.forename: Dempsey
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Springfield
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D023821:Limb Salvage; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*