Clinical Study
Impact of Unplanned Excision on Prognosis of Patients with Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of patients.
| Characteristics | Total , No. (%) | Planned surgery , No. (%) | Unplanned surgery | P value | All
| Immediate
| Delayed
| P value |
| Age | | | | | | | 0.523 | <45 | 75 (55.5%) | 47 (56.0%) | 28 (54.9%) | 6 (50%) | 22 (56.4%) | 0.696 | | ≥45 | 60 (44.5%) | 37 (44.0%) | 23 (45.1%) | 6 (50%) | 17 (43.6%) | | | Gender | | | | | | | 0.039 | Male | 83 (61.5%) | 46 (54.8%) | 37 (72.5%) | 9 (75%) | 28 (71.8%) | 0.828 | | Female | 52 (38.5%) | 38 (45.2%) | 14 (27.5%) | 3 (25%) | 11 (28.2%) | | | Tumor site | | | | | | | 0.207 | Upper | 44 (32.6%) | 25 (29.8%) | 19 (37.3%) | 2 (16.7%) | 17 (43.6%) | 0.092 | | Lower | 91 (67.4%) | 59 (70.2%) | 32 (62.7%) | 10 (83.3%) | 22 (56.4%) | | | Grade | | | | | | | 0.152 | 1 | 21 (15.5%) | 13 (15.5%) | 8 (15.7%) | 4 (33.3%) | 4 (10.3%) | 0.158 | | 2 | 42 (31.1%) | 31 (36.9%) | 11 (21.6%) | 2 (16.7%) | 9 (23%) | | | 3 | 72 (53.4%) | 40 (47.6%) | 32 (62.7%) | 6 (50%) | 26 (66.7%) | | | Size | | | | | | | 0.001 | <5 cm | 70 (51.8%) | 34 (40.5%) | 36 (70.5%) | 12 (100%) | 24 (61.5%) | 0.011 | | >5 cm | 65 (48.2%) | 50 (59.5%) | 15 (29.5%) | 0 (0%) | 15 (38.5%) | | | Radio | | | | | | | 0.000 | Yes | 95 (70.3%) | 47 (71.4%) | 48 (94.1%) | 11 (91.7%) | 37 (94.9%) | 0.680 | | No | 40 (29.7%) | 37 (28.6%) | 3 (5.9%) | 1 (8.3%) | 2 (5.1%) | | | Margin | | | | | | | 0.447 | 1–4 mm | 29 (21.5%) | 18 (21.4%) | 11 (21.6%) | 5 (41.7%) | 6 (15.4%) | 0.203 | | 5–9 mm | 39 (28.9%) | 28 (33.3%) | 11 (21.6%) | 1 (8.3%) | 10 (25.6%) | | | 10–19 mm | 58 (42.9%) | 34 (40.5%) | 24 (47.1%) | 6 (50%) | 18 (46.2%) | | | >20 | 6 (4.4%) | 4 (4.8%) | 2 (3.9%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (5.1%) | | | Depth | | | | | | | 0.504 | Superficial | 72 (53.4%) | 47 (56.0%) | 25 (49.9%) | 9 (75%) | 16 (41.1%) | 0.040 | | Deep | 63 (46.6%) | 37 (44.0%) | 26 (50.9%) | 3 (25%) | 23 (58.9%) | | |
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