Quality of Life Implications as a Consequence of Surgery: Limb Salvage, Primary and Secondary Amputation
Open Access
- 1 January 2001
- Vol. 5 (4) , 189-195
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13577140120099173
Abstract
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.Keywords
Funding Information
- Cancer Research Campaign (CP1019/0101, CP1019/0401)
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