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| Gouvêa,Aline Silva; Lichtler,Juliana; Scherer,Simone; Mombach,Verônica Santos; Reis,Kauê Danilo Helene Lemos dos; Gonzalez,Paula Cristina Sieczkowski; Sonne,Luciana; Alievi,Marcelo Meller. |
| ABSTRACT: Osteosarcoma (OSA) is the most common bone tumor diagnosed in dogs and represents approximately 85% of canine skeletal tumors. The most commonly employed therapy is amputation of the limb followed by chemotherapy. However, preservation of the afflicted limb has been successful for patients with concomitant neurological or orthopedic conditions, which are contraindications to the complete amputation, or with owners reluctant to the possibility of amputation. For these reasons, the purpose of this study was to describe the technical procedures that allowed limb salvage through the use of pedicle frozen grafts in a dog with femoral OSA. Surgical procedures consisted of a femoral diaphyseal osteotomy with tearing of the soft tissues; thus, creating a... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bone tumor; Canine; Cryotherapy. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016001202206 |
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