We reviewed 20 @entity1 after forequarter amputation performed for high-grade malignant @entity5 of the shoulder girdle (Enneking grades IIB to III). The operations were classified as palliative or curative according to the resection margins and the presence of disseminated disease at the time of the surgery. There were five palliative and 15 curative procedures. Two @entity1 died from unrelated causes, @entity295 and suicide. Eight died in the first two years, four of whom had had a palliative operation. Four died between two and five years after surgery, one after a palliative operation. Five @entity1 are alive, at a mean of 89.4 months after surgery, four of whom are free from disease. The median survival after a palliative amputation was 20.6 months. Our overall five-year survival (palliative and curative cases) was 21.2%, for curative cases it was 30.2%. None of the @entity1 use an artificial prosthesis. Despite the disfigurement which results from this operation, it still has a useful role to play in the management of high-grade malignant @entity5 of the upper limb.

Forequarter amputation for high-grade malignant XXXX of the shoulder girdle.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity295 :: ('MESH:D018805', 'Disease') :: ['septicaemia'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumours']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['tumours']
