New Developments for Limb Salvage in Musculoskeletal Tumors

Tissue Sarcomas Treated with Limb Salvage Surgery and Amputation: A Comparison of Survival.- 3: Limiting Factors for Limb Salvage Operation.- The Impact of MRI on Staging Malignant Musculoskeletal Tumors: A Prospective Study of 65 Patients.- Limiting Factors of Limb Salvage Operation for Musculoskeletal Sarcoma.- Results of Multidisciplinary Limb Salvage in 272 Consecutive Sarcomas: Is Amputation Still Indicated in 1987?.- Role of Vascular Resection and Reconstruction in Rotationplasty.- Rotationplasty for Malignant Tumors of the Femur and Tibia.- 4: Rationales of Adjuvant Therapies for Limb Salvage.- Local Hyperthermia Reinforced by Thermotherapy As an Adjuvant Therapy for Limb Salvage: An Experimental Study.- Limb Salvage Treatment for Osteosarcoma Based on Clinicopathological Studies of Preoperative Chemotherapy.- Results of Combination Treatment of Osteogenic Sarcoma Patients.- Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Osteosarcoma: Results in 126 Consecutive Patients.- The Effects of Preoperative Cis-Platinum (CDDP) Therapy for the Purpose of Limb Salvage of Osteosarcoma Evaluated by Multifactor Evaluation Method: Japanese Intergroup Study of Osteosarcoma.- The Influence of Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy on Local Control of Bone Sarcoma.- Osteosarcoma in Children: Preoperative Chemotherapy with Intra-Arterial Cis-Diamminedichloroplatinum-II (CDP) Followed by Tumor Resection, Biological Reconstruction and Postoperative Adjuvant Chemotherapy.- Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy by Intra-Arterial Infusion for Osteosarcoma.- Clinical Experience with Preoperative Continuous Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy As Part of a Combined Modality Treatment for Osteosarcoma of the Extremities.- A Monoclonal Antibody Against a Subgroup of Malignant Round Cell Tumors: Cytochemical, Immunological Findings and Chromosomal Analysis.- 5: Biomaterial and Biomechanical Evaluation of Tumor Prostheses.- Histomorphological Evaluation of the Diaphyseal Anchorage in KMFTR-Type Tumor Prostheses.- The HSS Modular Linked System for Segmental Replacement.- Biological and Biomechanical Justification of Porous-Coated Modular Segmental Bone/Joint Prostheses.- Porous-Coated Segmental Prosthesis for Large Tumor Defects: A Prosthesis Based upon Immediate Fixation (PMMA) and Extracortical Bone Fixation.- The Use of Extracortical Implant Fixation to Reconstruct Large Bony Defects.- Experience in the Use of a Custom Modular Titanium Intramedullary Rod in Resection/Arthrodesis of the Knee.- Demineralized Bone Powder: Use in Bone Tumor Surgery.- Thermal Aspects of the Use of Polymethylmethacrylate in Large Metaphyseal Defects in Bone: A Clinical Review and Laboratory Study.- The Use of Methylmethacrylate As a Hyperthermia Agent for the Treatment of Giant Cell Tumors: Experience of 78 Cases in a Long-Term Appraisal (1974-1987).- 6: The Use of Ceramic Prostheses for Replacement of Bone Tumors.- Long-Term Results with Ceramic Tumor Prostheses.- New Technique for Providing Ligamentous Stability in Prosthetic Replacement of the Knee for Tumors.- Results of Alumina-Ceramic Endoprostheses Used for Bone Tumor Cases.- Results of Replacement with Ceramic Prostheses for Bone Tumors.- Clinical Application of Ceramics in Bone Tumors.- Intraoperative Radiotherapy and Ceramic Prosthesis Replacement for Osteosarcoma.- Moderator's Comment.- 7: Prosthesis vs. Osteochondral Graft, Alternative Substitute for Bone Tumor.- A Comparison of Vascularized and Conventional Bone Grafts for Bridging Large Bone Defects.- Vascularized Bone Graft for Limb Salvage Surgery of Malignant Bone Tumor.- Limb Saving Surgery Without Endoprosthesis on Malignant Bone Tumors.- Chondrocyte Viability and Cryopreservation of Frozen Osteochondral Allografts.- Limb Salvage and Massive Segmental Allograft Replacement for Malignant or Aggressive Bone Tumors After Wide Resection.- Megaprosthesis-Massive Osteochondral Allograft.- The Use of Proximal Femoral Allografts in the Treatment of Bone Tumors.- Titanium Long-Stem Prosthesis Combined with Bone Allografts in Reconstructive Surgery of High-Grade Bone Sarcomas.- 8: Reconstruction After Resection of Large Bone Tumors About the Hip and Pelvis.- Long-Term Performance of Custom Prosthetic Replacement for Neoplastic Disease of the Proximal Femur.- Total Massive Hip Prosthesis for Tumors of Upper Femur: Analysis of Twenty Cases.- Resection of Tumors of the Pelvis and Proximal Femur: Evaluation of Survival, Local Recurrence and Function.- Reconstruction After Resection of Bone Tumors About the Hip.- Bone Reconstruction Using Vascularised Bone Grafts: A 7-Year Review.- The Use of Bateman Bipolar Proximal Femoral Replacement in the Management of Proximal Femoral Metastatic Disease.- Resection and Reconstruction of Periacetabular Malignant and Aggressive Tumors.- Surgical Treatment of Bone Tumors Arising from Pelvic Ring.- Innominate Bone Resection for Tumors with Limb Preservation: A Report of 36 Cases.- Results of Treatment After Resection of Large Bone Tumors of the Pelvic Girdle.- Reconstruction After Resection of Pelvic Bone Tumors.- A Custom-Made Adaptable Pelvic Prosthesis.- The Saddle Prosthesis Mark II, Endo-Modell®.- Pelvic and Sacrum Resections: Surgical Procedure and Outcome.- Reconstruction of Pelvis and Sacrum After Resection of Bulky Tumors.- Hemipelvis Allograft: Technical Aspects of Three Cases After Tumor Resection.- 9: Functional Results Following Resection of Tumor in the Proximal Humerus and Tibia.- Shoulder Girdle Resections for Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors: Analysis of 38 Patients and Presentation of a Unified Classification System.- Functional Results Following Resection of Tumor in the Proximal Humerus: Excluding Arthrodesis and Massive Allografts.- The Role of Limb Salvage Procedures in Patients with Bone Tumors of the Shoulder Girdle.- Proximal Humeral Osteoarticular Allograft Transplantation for Musculoskeletal Tumors of the Shoulder Region.- Limb Salvage Procedures for Primary Sarcomas of the Humerus.- Modular Endoprosthesis for Humerus and Tikhoff-Linberg Resection.- Reconstruction of the Upper Limb by Arthrodesis in Cases of Tumors of the Proximal Humerus: Six Cases of Limb Salvage Procedure of Shoulder Girdle.- Guidelines to Upper Humerus Resections.- Functional Results Following Resection Arthrodesis About the Knee.- The Use of Proximal Tibial Allografts in the Reconstruction of Tumors and Other Defects.- Operative Methods in Functional Reconstruction of Massive Giant Cell Tumors of the Proximal End of the Tibia.- Total Knee Prosthesis After Upper Tibia Resection for Tumors: Report of 42 French Cases.- Uncemented Hinge Prostheses with Reinsertion of the Ligamentum Patellae.- Techniques of Limb-Sparing Resection and Extensor Mechanism Reconstruction for High-Grade Malignant Tumors of the Proximal Tibia.- Moderator's Comment.- 10: Innovative Techniques.- Cytostatic Bone Cement: Experimental Studies and First Clinical Experience.- The Effect of Bone Cement Containing Methotrexate on the Canine Osteosarcoma: A Preliminary Report.- Casted Femur-Knee Endoprosthesis with Spongy Metal Surface and Length Adaption In Situ.- The Development of a Connection Between the Modules of a Modular Femur Endoprosthesis.- Amputoresection: An Innovative Technique in Limb Salvage Procedure for Malignant Bone Tumors.- Microsurgical Reconstructions Following Wide Resection of Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas in the Extremities.- Adipose Venolymphatic Transfer for Management of Postradiation Lymphedema.- Ceramic Tricalcium Phosphate As a Bone-Graft Substitute for Benign Bone Tumors.- Autotransfusion with Recovery of Blood Loss in Conservative Surgery for Tumors of Lower Limbs.- Author Index.- Key Word Index.