Amputation Predisposes to Higher Cancer-Specific Mortality Than Limb Salvage Surgery in Pediatric Patients With Osteosarcoma of the Limbs: A Propensity Matching Analysis

OBJECTIVE: With the development of osteosarcoma treatment, limb salvage surgery is gradually replacing amputation as the primary surgical option. Most pediatric osteosarcomas of the limbs undergo limb-salvage surgery. We aimed to use propensity score matching (PSM) analysis test the difference in ca...

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Autores principales: Wang, Jinkui, Tang, Jie, Tan, Xiaojun, Zhanghuang, Chenghao, Jin, Liming, Li, Mujie, Zhang, Zhaoxia, Mi, Tao, He, Dawei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8863859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35223978
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2022.817051