Critical Reviews™ in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

ISSN for PRINT: 0896-2960

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2005, Volume17

Issue 3

90 pages

DOI: 10.1615/CritRevPhysRehabilMed.v17.i3

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E. de Visser
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

H. W. B. Schreuder
Department of Orthopedic Surgery Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

J. Duysens
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

R. P. H. Veth
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Today, limb-saving surgery for oncology is used as treatment in about 70% of cases in which a malignant tumor is located in the axial skeleton. The goal is to cure the cancer, as well as to save the limb and its function. If the latter is possible is the main question in this review. We give a brief overview of the history of limb-saving surgery as it has been used during the last three decades. The functional evaluation, as used by the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, is studied, and several studies using this evaluation system are described. Furthermore, a novel approach toward a functional evaluation after limb-saving surgery is examined by the use of gait analysis and posturography. In this review, we try to answer many questions, in a rehabilitation context.

DOI: 10.1615/CritRevPhysRehabilMed.v17.i3.20 Download article, 179-193 pages

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