Quality of Life Implications as a Consequence of Surgery: Limb Salvage, Primary and Secondary Amputation

Purpose. We investigated self-reported quality of life (QoL), body image and daily competence of patients as a consequence of limb salvage surgery (LSS), primary or secondary amputation, and the views of patients following secondary amputation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christine Eiser, Anne-Sophie E. Darlington, Chris B. Stride, Robert Grimer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2001-01-01
Series:Sarcoma
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13577140120099173