Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcomas Are Often Curable—But at What Cost?

The article presents a cost-effectiveness study which compares amputation to limb salvage. Researchers found that endoprosthetic replacements are expected to gradually fail and that most young and active people will demand the use of a sophisticated artificial limb. It is noted that a successful limb salvage surgery cannot be assumed particularly in young people with bone and soft tissue sarcomas of the lower limb.