Open AccessLimb conservation in extremity soft tissue sarcomas with vascular involvement
Author(s) -
Ramamurthy Rajaraman,
Jagadish Chandra Bose Soundrarajan,
Viswanathan Mettupalayam,
Subbiah Shanmugham,
Balasubramanian Arumugam,
Saravanan Periasamy
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.54969
Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , surgery , neurovascular bundle , sarcoma , femoral artery , gangrene , soft tissue , radiology , contraindication , femoral vein , soft tissue sarcoma , pathology , alternative medicine
The major neurovascular involvement and large primary tumors are indication of amputation. The present study is an attempt to explore the feasibility of a limb salvage surgery in extremity sarcoma cases with major vessel involvement. Oncological outcomes and surgery-related morbidities are compared with those reported in literature.