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. 1998 May;22(2):122–125. doi: 10.1007/s002640050222

Rotationplasty as a limb salvage procedure for malignant bone tumours

R Badhwar 1, M Agarwal 1
PMCID: PMC3619713  PMID: 9651779

Summary.

Sixteen patients with malignant bone tumours, 15 osteosarcoma and one Ewing’s sarcoma, were treated by rotationplasty at Tata Memorial Hospital between 1989 and 1994. The functional results are better than after amputation.

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Accepted: 10 July 1997


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