"Limb Salvage" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
An alternative to amputation in patients with neoplasms, ischemia, fractures, and other limb-threatening conditions. Generally, sophisticated surgical procedures such as vascular surgery and reconstruction are used to salvage diseased limbs.
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Limb Salvage".
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Limb Salvage" by people in the URMC Research Network by year, and whether "Limb Salvage" was a major or minor topic of these publication.