Review Article| Volume 47, ISSUE 1, P265-281, January 2016

Reconstruction After Tumor Resection in the Growing Child

  • John S. Groundland
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    Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, University of South Florida, 13220 USF Laurel Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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  • Odion Binitie
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    Corresponding author. Sarcoma Department, Moffitt Cancer Center, FOB-1, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612.
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    Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, University of South Florida, 13220 USF Laurel Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA

    Department of Sarcoma, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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