Surgical Management of Metastatic Bone Disease: Pelvic Lesions Jacob Bickels Martin M. Malawer BACKGROUND Metastatic tumors of the pelvis may cause pain and a major loss of function and weight-bearing…
Posterior Flap Hemipelvectomy Martin M. Malawer James C. Wittig BACKGROUND Despite increasingly effective chemotherapy and advances in limb-sparing surgery around the pelvis and hip, hindquarter amputation (hemipelvectomy) often remains the…
Surgical Management of Sacral Tumors Xiaohui Niu Hairong Xu BACKGROUND Tumors involving the sacrum mainly include primary and metastatic tumors. Metastatic tumors are more common than primary ones. The most…
Overview of Pelvic Resections: Surgical Considerations and Classifications Ernest U. Conrad III Vincent Ng Jason Weisstein Jennifer Lisle Amir Sternheim Martin M. Malawer BACKGROUND The pelvis is a relatively common…
Buttockectomy James C. Wittig Martin M. Malawer BACKGROUND The gluteus maximus (buttock) is a common site for highand low-grade soft tissue sarcomas. The gluteus maximus is a “quiet area” for…
Forequarter Amputation Jacob Bickels Yehuda Kollender Martin M. Malawer BACKGROUND Forequarter amputation (interscapulothoracic amputation) entails en bloc removal of the upper extremity together with the scapula and the lateral aspect…
Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Spine: Total En Bloc Spondylectomy Hideki Murakami Norio Kawahara Katsuro Tomita BACKGROUND Conventionally, curettage or piecemeal excision has been the usual approach to vertebral…
Above-Elbow and Below-Elbow Amputations Jacob Bickels Yair Gortzak Yehuda Kollender Martin M. Malawer BACKGROUND Tumors of the upper extremity may cause extensive soft tissue and bone destruction and extend into…
Surgical Management of Metastatic Bone Disease: Humeral Lesions Jacob Bickels Martin M. Malawer BACKGROUND The humerus is a common site of metastatic bone disease requiring surgery. A metastasis at that…
Axillary Space Exploration and Resections James C. Wittig Martin M. Malawer Kristen Kellar-Graney BACKGROUND The axilla is a common site for primary soft tissue sarcomas as well as for metastatic…
