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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
Limb-sparing surgical procedures, such as the Tikhoff-Linberg resection, have gradually replaced the forequarter amputation as the surgical treatment of choice for soft tissue tumours in and around the shoulder girdle. Although the Tikhoff-Linberg procedure provides limb salvage, it leaves a significant functional and cosmetic deficit in many patients. Scapular resections combined with radical excision of the soft tissues allows wide margins of resection, limited excision of uninvolved bone and excellent physical rehabilitation in treating soft tissue tumours of the shoulder girdle. The case of a young woman with Stage IVA malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the left shoulder girdle who underwent a radical scapulectomy with limb salvage and adequate surgical margins, while preserving a functional and cosmetically acceptable extremity, is reported. A historical review of scapular resections is also presented.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0960-7404
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
43-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Radical scapulectomy with limb salvage for shoulder girdle soft tissue sarcoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports