• Title of article

    Skeletal Sarcoma on the Site of Retained War Bullet Fragments and a Literature Review on Long-Term Complications of Retained War Shells

  • Author/Authors

    -، - نويسنده Orthopedic Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Ahmad-Abad Street Mashhad, 91799-9199 Iran. Ebrahimzadeh, Mohammad H , -، - نويسنده Orthopedic Research Center, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Ahmad-Abad Street Mashhad, 91799-9199 Iran. Vahedi, Ehsan , -، - نويسنده Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mehr Hospital Koohsangi Street, Mashhad, 91799-9199 Iran. Ganji, Rashid , -، - نويسنده Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA. Bozorgnia, Shahram

  • Issue Information
    فصلنامه با شماره پیاپی 0 سال 2013
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    107
  • To page
    111
  • Abstract
    -
  • Abstract
      Long-term complications of retained war fragments in the body are not completely known. Also, bullet migration and slow resorption of metals and distortion in some imaging modalities are frequent and well recognized complications but, now we are concerned about neoplastic changes near the retained war fragments. We reviewed the literature on complication of retained war fragments and report our 2 cases of malignant changes around old retained war fragments in the limbs.  
  • Journal title
    The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery
  • Serial Year
    2013
  • Journal title
    The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery
  • Record number

    2186978