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…
Overview of Endoprosthetic Reconstruction Martin M. Malawer Kristen Kellar-Graney BACKGROUND Limb salvage—reconstruction following resection of malignant tumors of the extremities—has seen dramatic advances in a relatively brief period of time….
Expandable Prostheses Lee Jeys Adesegun Abudu Robert Grimer BACKGROUND The two most common primary malignant bone tumors, osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma, are principally diseases of childhood and adolescence, with 45%…
Biopsy of Musculoskeletal Tumors Jacob Bickels Yair Gortzak Martin M. Malawer BACKGROUND Biopsy is a fundamental step in the diagnosis of a musculoskeletal tumor. It should be regarded as the…
Overview of Musculoskeletal Tumors and Preoperative Evaluation Martin M. Malawer Amir Sternheim BACKGROUND An understanding of the basic biology and pathology of bone and soft tissue tumors is essential for…
