Quality of Life Implications as a Consequence of Surgery: Limb Salvage, Primary and Secondary Amputation

Christine Eiser; Anne-Sophie E. Darlington; Chris B. Stride; Robert Grimer

doi:10.1080/13577140120099173

Sarcoma (Jan 2001)

Quality of Life Implications as a Consequence of Surgery: Limb Salvage, Primary and Secondary Amputation

Christine Eiser,
Anne-Sophie E. Darlington,
Chris B. Stride,
Robert Grimer

Affiliations

Christine Eiser: Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TP, UK
Anne-Sophie E. Darlington: Department of Psychology, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
Chris B. Stride: Department of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TP, UK
Robert Grimer: Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Woodlands, Birmingham B31 2AP, UK

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13577140120099173
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 4
pp. 189 – 195

Abstract

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Purpose. We investigated self-reported quality of life (QoL), body image and daily competence of patients as a consequence of limb salvage surgery (LSS), primary or secondary amputation, and the views of patients following secondary amputation.

Published in Sarcoma

ISSN: 1357-714X (Print); 1369-1643 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/5805

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