Research Article

Can Orthopedic Oncologists Predict Functional Outcome in Patients with Sarcoma after Limb Salvage Surgery in the Lower Limb? A Nationwide Study

Table 2

Patient-reported and surgeon-predicted mean TESS and RAND-36 PFS scores and coefficients of determination for TESS and RAND-36 PFS scores.

TESSRAND-36 PFS
Mean scoreaMean scorea

Patient-reported87.0 (12.1)73.3 (18.7)
Surgeon 175.6 (13.6)0.16750.9 (20.3)0.142
Surgeon 283.6 (8.6)0.18578.7 (15.5)0.336
Surgeon 382.5 (7.1)0.09670.2 (17.9)0.354
Surgeon 485.5 (11.9)0.01472.2 (18.7)0.081
Surgeon 564.3 (14.7)0.08852.8 (26.8)0.118

Average of surgeons78.3 (8.7)0.15965.0 (16.6)0.255

Scores are reported as mean (SD).