tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "Proximal major limb amputations – a retrospective analysis of 45 oncological cases"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Proximal major limb amputations – a retrospective analysis of 45 oncological cases | BioMed Central World Journal of Surgical Oncology Open Access Proximal major limb amputations - a retrospective analysis of 45 oncological cases Adrien Daigeler Marcus Lehnhardt Ammar Khadra Joerg Hauser Lars Steinstraesser Stefan Langer Ole Goertz and Hans-Ulrich Steinau Address Department of Plastic Surgery Burn Center Hand surgery Sarcoma Reference Center BG-University Hospital Bergmannsheil Ruhr-University Bochum Buerkle-de-la-Camp-Platz 1 44789 Bochum Germany Email Adrien Daigeler - daigeler@ Marcus Lehnhardt - Ammar Khadra - khadra@ Joerg Hauser - Lars Steinstraesser - Stefan Langer - Ole Goertz - Hans-Ulrich Steinau - Corresponding author Published 9 February 2009 Received 16 September 2008 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009 7 15 doi l477-78l 9-7-15 Accepted 9 February 2009 This article is available from http content 7 l l5 2009 Daigeler et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Proximal major limb amputations due to malignant tumors have become rare but are still a valuable treatment option in palliation and in some cases can even cure. The aim of this retrospective study was to analyse outcome in those patients including the postoperative course survival pain quality of life and prosthesis usage. Methods Data of 45 consecutive patients was acquired from patient s charts and contact to patients and general practitioners. Patients with interscapulothoracic amputation n 14 shoulder disarticulation n 13 hemipelvectomy n 3 or hip disarticulation n 15 were included. Results The rate of proximal .