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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Piccioli, A.
• Ventura, A.
• Maccauro, G.
• Spinelli, M.S.
• Del Bravo, V.
• Rosa, M. A.

Titel

Local Adjuvants in Surgical Management of Bone Metastases

Ist Teil von

• International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology, 2011-01, Vol.24 (1_suppl2), p.129-132

Ort / Verlag

London, England: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Curettage is one of the most common method for surgical treatment of bone metastasis. Local adjuvant improve most commonly used for improving the effect of curettage in local cancer surgery may exerted their effects either chemically either physically; in Orthopedic Oncology the most common are phenol, liquid nitrogen, laser, and cement. This article reviewed the main characteristics of the most common chemical and physical agents used in bone oncology, emphasizing the toxic effects of some of them, especially phenol and liquid nitrogen.