Predictors of Wound Complications following Radiation and Surgical Resection of Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Table 1
Patient and tumor characteristics.
Characteristic
Major wound complication
Any wound complication
Yes
No
Yes
No
Sex
0.95
0.55
Female
7 (50%)
27 (51%)
10 (45%)
24 (53%)
Male
7 (50%)
26 (49%)
12 (55%)
21 (47%)
Age
62.2 (19.5)
57.0 (16.3)
0.19
62.8 (17.7)
55.7 (16.3)
0.08
Obese (BMI ≥ 30)
0.75
0.08
Yes
5 (36%)
16 (30%)
10 (45%)
11 (24%)
No
9 (64%)
37 (70%)
12 (55%)
34 (76%)
Diabetes mellitus
0.05
0.01
Yes
4 (29%)
4 (8%)
6 (27%)
2 (4%)
No
10 (71%)
49 (92%)
16 (73%)
43 (96%)
Tobacco use
0.69
0.65
Current or past smoker
5 (36%)
22 (42%)
14 (64%)
26 (58%)
Never smoker
9 (64%)
31 (58%)
8 (36%)
19 (42%)
Tumor location
1.0
0.24
Upper extremity
2 (14%)
8 (15%)
5 (23%)
5 (11%)
Lower extremity
12 (86%)
42 (79%)
17 (77%)
37 (82%)
Trunk
0 (0%)
3 (6%)
0 (0%)
3 (7%)
Tumor location in extremity
0.74
0.77
Proximal
11 (79%)
36 (68%)
17 (77%)
30 (67%)
Distal
3 (21%)
14 (26%)
5 (23%)
12 (27%)
Trunk
0 (0%)
3 (6%)
0 (0%)
3 (6%)
Tumor depth relative to fascia
0.83
0.09
Deep
8 (57%)
32 (60%)
10 (45%)
30 (67%)
Superficial
6 (43%)
21 (40%)
12 (55%)
15 (33%)
Resected specimen size (cm)
13.0 (13.7)
11.9 (13.1)
0.65
12.9 (8.7)
13.3 (6.4)
0.31
Tumor size (cm)
11.1 (9.6)
7.9 (4.7)
0.60
10.1 (7.6)
7.8 (5.0)
0.49
Continuous variables are reported as mean (SD). Categorical variables are reported as (%). Total count values may not sum to 67 due to missing data. Bolded values correspond to covariates that met a level of significance of for inclusion in the multivariable model. BMI: body mass index. cm: centimeter.
