Treatment of Bone Tumors Around the Shoulder Joint by Tikhoff
10.4055/jkoa.1990.25.1.24
- Author:
Soo Bong HAHN
;
Nam Hyun KIM
;
Nam Hong CHOI
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Tikhoff-Linberg procedure
- MeSH:
Amputation;
Chondroblastoma;
Chondrosarcoma;
Clavicle;
Disarticulation;
Forearm;
Giant Cell Tumors;
Hand;
Humans;
Humerus;
Orthopedics;
Osteosarcoma;
Scapula;
Shoulder Joint;
Shoulder;
Upper Extremity
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1990;25(1):24-30
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The Tikhoff-Linberg procedure is a limb-sparing surgical option to be considered for bony and soft tissue tumors in and around the proximal humerus and shoulder girdle. The authors reported 6 cases of the Tikhoff-Linberg procedure for tumors around the shoulder Joint at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery of Severance Hospital from March 1988 to August 1989. 1. The 6 cases were composed of 2 osteogenic sarcoma, 2 chondrosarcoma, 1 chondroblastoma, and 1 giant cell tumor cases. 2. The tumors were completely removed by the Tikhoff-Linberg procedure without amputation or disarticulation of the upper extremity. 3. The distal clavicle, upper humerus and or parts or all of the scapula were resected. 4. The Tihkoff-Linberg procedure was performed for patients whose tumors did not involve the neurovascular bundle in the axilIa. 5. The function of the hand and forearm after the Tihkoff-Linberg procedure are near normal in all cases. 6. The Tikhoff-Linberg procedure would be recommended as a limb-sparing operation for tumors around the shoulder joint that were required wide resection without disarticularion or forequarter of the upper extremities.
