Eralp Levent, Özger Harzem, Eren Ilker, Dikici Fatih
Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Istanbul University, Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
Musculoskelet Surg. 2011 Aug;95(2):127-30. doi: 10.1007/s12306-011-0144-5. Epub 2011 Jun 10.
Forequarter amputation is performed for high-grade malignant tumours in the proximal part of the upper extremity with palliative or curative intentions. Two cases are included in this report of patients who presented in need of urgent surgical intervention. Both patients had an actively bleeding, ulcerated or fungating mass and were haemodynamically unstable. The purpose of this report is to highlight the importance of emergency surgical intervention for such selected patients.
前半侧截肢术用于治疗上肢近端的高级别恶性肿瘤，目的是姑息性或根治性治疗。本报告纳入了两例需要紧急手术干预的患者。两名患者均有活动性出血、溃疡或呈蕈状的肿块，且血流动力学不稳定。本报告的目的是强调对这类特定患者进行紧急手术干预的重要性。
