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Featured
Advanced Technology Improves Cervical Spine Surgery Outcomes
Surgeons in Massachusetts General Hospital's Neurosurgical Spine Service use a multidisciplinary approach to treat cervical spine deformities with complex surgeries using innovative technology including artificial intelligence.
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Featured
Finding New Approaches to Treat Desmoid Tumor Patients
Surgery for desmoid tumors is only about 50% effective. Multidisciplinary care may be more effective for helping patients find relief.
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NASS 2021: Controversies and Current Issues in Spinal Cord Tumors
As part of the North American Spine Society (NASS) 2021 annual conference, Joseph H. Schwab, MD, chief of the Orthopaedic Spine Center, discussed controversies and current issues in spinal cord tumors.
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Nutritional, Physiological Factors Affect Wound Infection After Surgery for Lower-Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Researchers from the Orthopaedic Oncology Service found that low albumin, poor nutrition, elevated postoperative glucose and tobacco use are risk factors for wound infection and the need for additional surgery after resection of lower-extremity soft tissue sarcoma.
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Ortho-Oncology at Mass General:
A Spirit of CollaborationIn this video, ortho-oncology surgeon Santiago Lozano-Calderon, MD, PhD, discusses the research environment at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Measurement of Proximal Ulna Dorsal Angulation Guides Elbow Reconstruction After Tumor Resection
A measurement easily obtained from preoperative radiographs, proximal ulna dorsal angulation is useful for sizing the ulnar stem component to ensure a correct fit during the reconstruction of the distal humerus after tumor resection.
Mass General Cancer Center Contributors
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Erik T. Newman, MD
Orthopaedic Oncology Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Minimal Clinically Important Differences for Lower Extremity Metastatic Surgery -
John H. Shin, MD
Director, Spinal Deformity and Spine Oncology (Mass General Cancer Center), Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
Recent Article
Review: Novel Applications of Spinal Navigation in Deformity and Oncology Surgery
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Joseph H. Schwab, MD, MS
Chief, Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, Director, Spine Oncology & Co-Director, Stephen L. Harris Chordoma Center, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Value-based Health Care: Positioning Spine Surgery Centers for Success
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Kevin Andrew Raskin, MD
Chief, Orthopaedic Oncology Service, Program Director, Musculoskeletal Oncology Fellowship Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Nutritional, Physiological Factors Affect Wound Infection After Surgery for Lower-Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
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Santiago A. Lozano-Calderon, MD, PhD
Orthopaedic Oncology Surgeon, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Nutritional, Physiological Factors Affect Wound Infection After Surgery for Lower-Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Orthopaedic Oncology Service at Mass General
As members of the Cancer Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Orthopaedic Oncology team provides compassionate care to children, adolescents and adults with primary bone and soft tissue tumors (benign and malignant) and metastatic.
