Application of compartment resection in patients with extremity soft tissue sarcomas
- VernacularTitle:间室切除在四肢软组织肿瘤治疗中的应用
- Author:
Hong FU
;
Yingqiang SHI
;
Shanjing MO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
soft tissue sarcoma;
extremity;
limb - preservation;
compartment resection
- From:China Oncology
1998;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the method of compartment resection and evaluate its application to patients with extremity soft tissue sarcomas. Methods: From 1997 to 2002, 10 cases of thigh sarcoma underwent this operation (7 cases of posterior compartment and 3 anterior compartment) while 2 cases with upper limb disease received similar resection. Results: All the limbs of this group with such tumors were preserved. We followed up the 12 patients in the range of 10 to 60 months, 10(82%) were alive without tumor recurrence or metastases. One patient local with recurrent tumor is receiving radiotherapy now and another died from distance metastases. Conclusions: This improvement in the rate of limb -preserving resection in our series has been the result of compartment resection.
