Clinical Study
Impact of Unplanned Excision on Prognosis of Patients with Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Table 2
compares the outcomes of two groups.
| Patients’ outcomes | Total , No. (%) | Planned surgery , No. (%) | Unplanned surgery , No. (%) | P value |
| Recurrence | | | | 0.275 | Yes | 23 (17%) | 12 (14.3%) | 11 (21.5%) | | No | 112 (83%) | 72 (85.7%) | 40 (78.5%) | | Metastasis | | | | 0.319 | Yes | 14 (10%) | 7 (8.3%) | 7 (13.7%) | | No | 121 (90%) | 77 (91.7%) | 44 (86.3%) | | Status | | | | 0.679 | Dead | 15 (11%) | 8 (9.5%) | 7 (13.7%) | | Alive | 120 (89%) | 76 (91.5%) | 44 (86.3%) | |
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