Clinical Study

Impact of Unplanned Excision on Prognosis of Patients with Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Table 2

compares the outcomes of two groups.

Patients’ outcomesTotal
, No. (%)
Planned surgery
, No. (%)
Unplanned surgery
, No. (%)
P value

Recurrence0.275
 Yes23 (17%)12 (14.3%)11 (21.5%)
 No112 (83%)72 (85.7%)40 (78.5%)
Metastasis0.319
 Yes14 (10%)7 (8.3%)7 (13.7%)
 No121 (90%)77 (91.7%)44 (86.3%)
Status0.679
 Dead15 (11%)8 (9.5%)7 (13.7%)
 Alive120 (89%)76 (91.5%)44 (86.3%)