Abstract

SERRANO, Pedro Manuel et al. Procedimento de Tikhoff-Linberg: Relato de Casos. Rev. Port. Ortop. Traum. [online]. 2018, vol.26, n.2, pp.166-174. ISSN 1646-2122.

The majority of patients with soft tissue or bone sarcomas of the upper extremity can be treated today with limb-saving procedures using combined modality therapies. For patients with a tumor of the shoulder area, sometimes an interscapulothoracic amputation is the only radical surgical treatment. In selected cases, in which the tumor does not involve the neurovascular bundle, the Tikhoff-Linberg procedure is a limb sparing surgical option to be considered. Despite the high complication rate, this procedure has proven to be valuable in treating large tumors of shoulder area, with better functional results than amputation. This work reflects our experience, of treating two patients with a demanding technique, that allowed for limb preservation, with acceptable functional results, not compromising their survival or disease progression.

Keywords : Tikhoff-Linberg; Shoulder Tumor; Scapulo-thoracic Amputation; Limb Preservation; Surgical Technique.

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