title: Imaging of limb salvage surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Limb salvage surgery comprises surgical techniques designed to resect musculoskeletal extremity tumors and subsequently reconstruct a limb with an acceptable oncologic, functional, and cosmetic result. Today, 70-90% of malignant extremity tumors are being treated with limb salvage surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The purpose of this article is to describe the operative techniques, review the imaging techniques, and to illustrate imaging findings related to the surgeries in complicated and uncomplicated cases.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 601 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fritz
authors.forename: Elliot K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corl
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carrino
authors.forename: Kristy L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fayad
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D023821:Limb Salvage; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous