TITLE:
The Importance of the Multidisciplinary Approach to Surgical Treatment of Extremity Soft-Tissue Sarcomas
AUTHORS:
Eurico Cleto Ribeiro de Campos, Marcos Gonçalves Adriano Júnior, Diego Sanches, Marcus Rivabem Winheski, Robson Menezes Leal, Ricardo Poroski, Guataçara Salles Júnior, Renan Martins, Franciele Soares Pott
KEYWORDS:
Limb-Sparing Surgery, Musculoskeletal Oncology, Sarcoma, Soft-Tissue Sarcoma
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Cancer Therapy,
Vol.11 No.12,
December
15,
2020
ABSTRACT: Soft tissue sarcomas (STS)
are rare neoplasm with frequencies around 1% of all neoplasms. Although it
consists of a high heterogeneous group of tumors, surgery is the mean
treatment. The STS surgery is still challenging and complex procedure is
usually required: this is because STS requires different types of resection and
reconstruction due to various tissue-commitments (nerve, arteries, skin and muscle). So, a
multidisciplinary team must be prepared for STS approach to obtain the maximum
local control and a limited extremity functional impairment. We, here, showing
our experience, wish to introduce some technical contrivances in STS surgery,
with special reference to tissue reconstruction. This may illustrate the
necessity of a multidisciplinary team approach in this surgery.