LIMB-SPARING SURGERY VERSUS AMPUTATION FOR DOGS WITH BONE-TUMORS

Recently, limb-sparing surgeries have been used in the treatment of do gs with malignant bone tumors. These new techniques are fraught with p otential complications. As amputation is a time-honored technique in v eterinary medicine for the control of primary bone tumors, the use of newer, more complicated surgeries such as limb sparing may be consider ed controversial. In this article, amputation and limb sparing are dis cussed with reference to case selection, outcome, and possible complic ations.