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…
Distal Humeral Resection with Prosthetic Reconstruction James C. Wittig Martin M. Malawer BACKGROUND The distal humerus is a relatively rare site for primary bone sarcomas. It is more commonly involved…
Proximal Humerus Resection with Endoprosthetic Replacement: Intra-articular and Extra-articular Resections Martin M. Malawer James C. Wittig Kristen Kellar-Graney BACKGROUND The proximal humerus is a common site for both primary osteosarcomas…
Total Scapular Resections with Endoprosthetic Reconstruction Martin M. Malawer Kristen Kellar-Graney James C. Wittig BACKGROUND Tumors arising from the scapula may become very large before diagnosis. Initially, they are often…
Overview of Resections around the Shoulder Girdle James C. Wittig Martin M. Malawer Kristen Kellar-Graney BACKGROUND The upper extremity is involved by bone and soft tissue neoplasms only one-third as…
Photodynamic Ablation of Musculoskeletal Tumors Jacob Bickels Yair Gortzak Yehuda Kollender BACKGROUND Malignant tumors of the musculoskeletal system, as many other solid tumors, require a true and wide surgical resection…
Cryosurgical Ablation of Bone Tumors Jacob Bickels Yair Gortzak Yehuda Kollender Martin M. Malawer BACKGROUND Cryoablation is the therapeutic application of cold in situ to induce tissue necrosis with curative…
Surgical Management of Metastatic Bone Disease: General Considerations Jacob Bickels Martin M. Malawer BACKGROUND The skeleton, after the lungs and liver, is the third most common site of metastatic disease.4,11…
