Abstract
Musculoskeletal tumors are defined as neoplasms arising from bone and soft tissue. In the treatment of malignant musculoskeletal tumors, resection of bone, muscles, nerves, and joints involved in the tumor are necessary. As a result, almost all surgically treated cases require prosthetics or orthotics. For osteosarcoma, the major disease of malignant bone tumor, amputation was replaced with limb salvage surgery in the second half of the 1980s. Limbs are reconstructed with prosthesis, bone graft, and bone transport. Until the limb condition becomes stable after the operation, braces are necessary to get better limb function and to avoid complications such as dislocation. In this paper, we described recent treatment strategy for malignant bone tumors and the use of orthotics and prosthetics according to the sites of the surgery.
