Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 91-95 , 2007

Limb-salvage operation for synovial sarcoma of the foot

  • Chih-Chien Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Gong Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Shyu-Jye Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Gong Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 8792 7185; fax: +886 2 8792 7186.
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  • Chia-Lin Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Gong Road, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Shao-Liang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan, ROC
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  • Lai-Fa Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan, ROC

Received 8 May 2006 ,Accepted 28 November 2006.

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PII: S1268-7731(06)00116-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2006.11.002

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 91-95 , 2007

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