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Remarkable progress has occurred regarding surgical techniques and the use of radiation therapy or chemotherapy for the treatment of extremity sarcomas [1–3]. Most patients with extremity sarcomas now have a treatment option of limb-salvage procedures in addition to amputation. Indeed, tumor resection combined with chemotherapy or irradiation have become the treatment of choice for most extremity soft tissue sarcomas [4]. However, patients undergoing limb-salvage surgery require longer periods of anesthesia, several operations, longer hospitalizations, and, consequently, a greater incidence of complications [5]. Yet limb-salvage surgery is increasingly being advocated by surgeons [4], and patients are choosing limb-salvage procedures, perhaps due to a presumption that limb salvage offers preferred outcomes regarding functioning and psychological reactions [6]. Implicit in the endorsement of limb-salvage surgery are presumed psychological advantages of limb-salvage surgery, coupled with an assumption that there are adverse psychological consequences to limb amputation.
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Weddington, W.W. (1991). Psychological Outcomes in Survivors of Extremity Sarcomas Following Amputation or Limb-Sparing Surgery. In: Pinedo, H.M., Verweij, J., Suit, H.D. (eds) Soft Tissue Sarcomas: New Developments in the Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 56. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3896-7_5
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