Journal article
Pathologic fracture in osteosarcoma : prognostic importance and treatment implications.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The presence of a pathologic fracture in an osteosarcoma has been considered a poor prognostic factor and an indication for immediate amputation. The purpose of the present study was to determine, in the current era of neoadjuvant chemotherapy, whether a pathologic fracture in an osteosarcoma has prognostic importance and whether limb salvage can be safely performed in such patients without compromising clinical outcome.
METHODS: In …
Authors
Scully SP; Ghert MA; Zurakowski D; Thompson RC; Gebhardt MC
Journal
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 84, No. 1, pp. 49–57
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 2002
DOI
10.2106/00004623-200201000-00008
ISSN
0021-9355