Extending the Frontiers of Limb Salvage—Geographically and Surgically

Late presentations, delays in diagnosis, and improper index surgeries are not uncommon presentations in patients with musculoskeletal tumors in the developing world. The reasons are multifactorial and include ignorance coupled with apathy, socioeconomic conditions, the need to travel vast geographic distances to access health care, reliance on alternate medical practices, and a shortage of trained orthopaedic oncologists. Though the developing world has considerable diversity in terms of resource and expertise availability, it is not unusual for even well-trained surgeons in established centers to continuously innovate and improvise when confronted with economic constraints while managing these difficult lesions.
Source: Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research