Limb salvage for malignant bone tumors: Surgical audit in a case of osteogenic sarcoma

Abstract

Limb Salvage has become the state of Art treatment used in managing maligmant bone tumours. Many times with the ignorence of tumour behaviour and natural history, absence of protocols, peer pressure and growing confidence levels, some common principles are missed leading to poor outcome. This paper deals with a surgical audit of avoidable complications following limb Salvage in a case of osteogenic sarcoma.

Keywords

• limb salvage
• osteogenic sarcoma
• surgical audit