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Tumors of the Shoulder Girdle

Chapter 37 – Neoplasia and Infection, co-written by Martin M. Malawer, James C. Wittig, and Kirsten Kellar Graney

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Musculoskeletal Cancer Surgery

Treatment of Sarcomas and Allied Diseases, Martin M. Malawer and Paul H. Sugarbaker, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001

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Ch. 1: Bone and soft-tissue sarcomas: epidemiology, radiology, pathology and fundamentals of surgical treatment

Ch. 2: Biopsy of musculoskeletal tumors

Ch. 3: The role of chemotherapy in the treatment of bone and soft-tissue sarcomas

Ch. 4: Isolated-limb perfusion in the treatment of advanced soft-tissue sarcomas

Ch. 5: The role of radiation therapy in the treatment of bone and soft-tissue sarcomas

Ch. 6: The biology and role of cryosurgery in the treatment of bone tumors

Ch. 7: Management of abdominopelvic sarcoma

Ch. 8: Management of truncal sarcoma

Ch. 9: Overview of resections around the shoulder girdle: anatomy, surgical considerations and classification

Ch. 10: Overview of pelvic resections: surgical considerations and classification

Ch. 11: Treatment of metastatic bone disease

Ch. 12: Buttockectomy

Ch. 13: Adductor muscle group excision

Ch. 14: Quadriceps muscle group excision

Ch. 15: Resection of the posterior compartment of the thigh

Ch. 16: Resections in the popliteal fossa and the posterior compartments of the leg

Ch. 17: Forequarter amputation

Ch. 18: Above-elbow and below-elbow amputations

Ch. 19: Anterior flap hemipelvectomy

Ch. 20: Posterior flap hemipelvectomy

Ch. 21: Hip disarticulation

Ch. 22: Above-knee amputation

Ch. 23: Below-knee amputation

Ch. 24: Phantom limb pain

Ch. 25: Review of endoprosthetic reconstruction in limb-sparing surgery

Ch. 26: Pelvic resections (internal hemipelvectomies)

Ch. 27: Sacrectomy

Ch. 28: Periacetabular resections

Ch. 29: Proximal and total femur resection with endoprosthetic reconstruction

Ch. 30: Distal femoral resection with endoprosthetic reconstruction

Ch. 31: Proximal tibia resection with endoprosthetic reconstruction

Ch. 32: Fibular resection

Ch. 33: Proximal humerus resection. The Tikhoff-Linberg procedure and its modifications

Ch. 34: Scapulectomy

Ch. 35: Pain management following limb-sparing surgery

Ch. 36: Rehabilitation following limb-sparing Surgery

Ch. 37 App A: Appendix A - Abdominoinguinal incision for the resection of pelvic tumors

Ch. 38 App B: Appendix B - Canine osteosarcoma