File Download

There are no files associated with this item.

  Links for fulltext
     (May Require Subscription)
Supplementary

Article: Management of extremity soft tissue sarcoma after unplanned incomplete resection: Experience of a regional musculoskeletal tumour centre

TitleManagement of extremity soft tissue sarcoma after unplanned incomplete resection: Experience of a regional musculoskeletal tumour centre
Authors
KeywordsSarcoma
Neoplasm, residual
Issue Date2004
Citation
Hong Kong Medical Journal, 2004, v. 10, n. 2, p. 117-122 How to Cite?
AbstractThis study reviews the presentation and management of extremity soft tissue sarcoma after unplanned incomplete resection in a musculoskeletal tumour centre in Hong Kong. Medical records of 18 patients who were referred to our centre for further management from January 1995 to May 2001 after inadequate tumour excision were reviewed. Fourteen patients had been referred from private clinics and four from public hospitals. At initial presentation, 10 patients had lesions exceeding 5 cm, nine had a tumour deep in the subfascial plane, and eight had tumours that had recently increased in size. Sixteen had no preoperative radiological assessment or biopsy performed before excision. All except two patients needed additional skin and muscle reconstruction in a subsequent re-resection, and 12 required postoperative radiotherapy. Two patients subsequently developed distant metastases, and one patient died of an unrelated cause. No amputations were required, and no major complications arose from second surgery. Physicians' alertness towards the possible malignancy of soft tissue masses in extremities is important to avoid a potentially mutilating second resection. Well-planned re-resection in a specialised tumour centre can achieve satisfactory local control of disease.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/251605
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 3.1
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.261

 

DC FieldValueLanguage
dc.contributor.authorWong, C. K.-
dc.contributor.authorLam, Y. L.-
dc.contributor.authorSo, Y. C.-
dc.contributor.authorNgan, K. C.-
dc.contributor.authorWong, K. Y.-
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-08T05:00:27Z-
dc.date.available2018-03-08T05:00:27Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.citationHong Kong Medical Journal, 2004, v. 10, n. 2, p. 117-122-
dc.identifier.issn1024-2708-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/251605-
dc.description.abstractThis study reviews the presentation and management of extremity soft tissue sarcoma after unplanned incomplete resection in a musculoskeletal tumour centre in Hong Kong. Medical records of 18 patients who were referred to our centre for further management from January 1995 to May 2001 after inadequate tumour excision were reviewed. Fourteen patients had been referred from private clinics and four from public hospitals. At initial presentation, 10 patients had lesions exceeding 5 cm, nine had a tumour deep in the subfascial plane, and eight had tumours that had recently increased in size. Sixteen had no preoperative radiological assessment or biopsy performed before excision. All except two patients needed additional skin and muscle reconstruction in a subsequent re-resection, and 12 required postoperative radiotherapy. Two patients subsequently developed distant metastases, and one patient died of an unrelated cause. No amputations were required, and no major complications arose from second surgery. Physicians' alertness towards the possible malignancy of soft tissue masses in extremities is important to avoid a potentially mutilating second resection. Well-planned re-resection in a specialised tumour centre can achieve satisfactory local control of disease.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.relation.ispartofHong Kong Medical Journal-
dc.subjectSarcoma-
dc.subjectNeoplasm, residual-
dc.titleManagement of extremity soft tissue sarcoma after unplanned incomplete resection: Experience of a regional musculoskeletal tumour centre-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.pmid15075432-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-1842663213-
dc.identifier.volume10-
dc.identifier.issue2-
dc.identifier.spage117-
dc.identifier.epage122-
dc.identifier.issnl1024-2708-

Export via OAI-PMH Interface in XML Formats


OR


Export to Other Non-XML Formats