Proximal and Total Femur Resection with Endoprosthetic Reconstruction Jacob Bickels Martin Malawer BACKGROUND The proximal and midfemur are common sites for primary bone sarcomas and metastatic tumors. Patients who were…
Anterior Flap Hemipelvectomy Martin M. Malawer James C. Wittig BACKGROUND The anterior flap hemipelvectomy is a modified version of the classic posterior flap hemipelvectomy. Instead of using the traditional posterior…
Hip Disarticulation and Creating an Above-Knee Amputation Stump after Hip Disarticulation Daria Brooks Terrell Amir Sternheim BACKGROUND Hip disarticulation is an amputation of the lower extremity through the hip joint…
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…
