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Limb Salvage in Children

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In recent years, the treatment for children with bone tumours has advanced. These advances are largely due to chemotherapeutic developments, although the basis of good treatment remains highly specialized, experienced and multi-disciplinary teamwork. The corresponding increase in survival combined with the demanding functional requirements of these young patients challenge the surgeon with limb salvage and reconstruction procedures. Surgery is carried out in two steps. Firstly, en bloc resection and secondly reconstruction. The range of possibilities involving the available biological and non-biological materials is broad. The success of such surgery in conserving a limb hinges on thoughtful and creative pre-operative design and planning.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Navarra, 31008, Pamplona, Spain

    Mikel San-Julian

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    B. L. Vázquez-García & L. Sierrasesúmaga

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San-Julian, M., Vázquez-García, B.L., Sierrasesúmaga, L. (2014). Limb Salvage in Children. In: Bentley, G. (eds) European Surgical Orthopaedics and Traumatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34746-7_179

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