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BOOKS

Brown, K., ed. Complications of Limb Salvage: Prevention Management and Outcome. UK: International Society of Limb Salvage, 1991.

Greenhalgh, R. M. and C.W. Jamieson. Limb Salvage and Amputation for Vascular...

Disease. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1988.

Groenwald, Susan L., et al., eds. Cancer Nursing, 4th ed. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 1997.

PERIODICALS

Nehler, M. R., Hiatt, W. R., and L. M. Taylor Jr. "Is revascularization and limb salvage always the best treatment for critical limb ischemia?"Journal of Vascular Surgery 37 (March 2003): 704–708.

Neville, R. F. "Diabetic revascularization: Improving limb salvage in the absence of autogenous vein."Seminars in Vascular Surgery 16 (March 2003): 19-26.

Plotz, W., Rechl, H., Burgkart, R., Messmer, C., Schelter, R., Hipp, E., and R. Gradinger. "Limb salvage with tumor endoprostheses for malignant tumors of the knee."Clinical Orthopedics 405 (December 2002): 207-215.

Tefera, G., Turnipseed, W., and T. Tanke. "Limb salvage angioplasty in poor surgical candidates."Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 37 (March-April 2003): 99–104.

Teodorescu, V. J., Chun, J. K., Morrisey, N. J., Faries, P. L., Hollier, L. H., and M. L. Marin. "Radial artery flow-through graft: A new conduit for limb salvage."Journal of Vascular Surgery 37 (April 2003): 816-820.

van Etten, B., van Geel, A. N., de Wilt, J. H., and A. M. Eggermont. "Fifty tumor necrosis factor-based isolated limb perfusions for limb salvage in patients older than 75 years with limb-threatening soft tissue sarcomas and other extremity tumors."Annals of Surgical Oncology 10 (January-February 2003): 32-37.

ORGANIZATIONS

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS). 6300 North River Road, Rosemont, Illinois 60018-4262. (847) 823-7186.

American Diabetes Association (ADA). 1701 North Beauregard Street, Alexandria, VA 22311. (800) DIABETES .

International Society of Limb Salvage (ISOLS). E-mail: rjesus garcia.dot@epm.br (UK) .

OTHER

"Adult Soft Tissue Sarcoma.""Bone Cancer."CancerNet 2000. [cited July 11, 2001] .

"Bone Cancer."ACS Cancer Resource Center American Cancer Society. 2000. [cited July 11, 2001] .

"Limb salvage after osteosarcoma resection."AAOS..

Limb Salvage Center..

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Definition

Limb salvage surgery is a type of surgery primarily performed to remove bone and soft-tissue cancers occurring in limbs in order to avoid amputation.

Purpose

Limb salvage surgery is performed to remove cancer and avoid amputation, while preserving the patient's appearance and the greatest possible degree of function in the affected limb. The procedure is most commonly performed for bone tumors and bone sarcomas, but is also performed for soft tissue sarcomas affecting the extremities. This complex alternative to amputation is used to cure cancers that are slow to spread from the limb where they originate to other parts of the body, or that have not yet invaded soft tissue.

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