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Surgical Treatment of RSTS in Forearm and Elbow Area

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As the origin of the forearm muscles is mostly within the humerus, lateral condyle, muscular insertions are no more than radiocarpal joint, the scope is limited in 1/3 distal upper arm to the wrist joint plane (Fig. 15.1a).

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Zhang, R. (2020). Surgical Treatment of RSTS in Forearm and Elbow Area. In: Zhang, R. (eds) Surgery for Recurrent Soft Tissue Sarcoma. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1232-2_15

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