Cross-Cultural Adaptation, Translation, and Validation of the Toronto Extremity Salvage Score for Extremity Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Patients in Netherlands
Table 1
Patient and tumor characteristics of patients with benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors who completed the TESS questionnaire.
TESS LE
TESS UE
50
48
Age: mean (range)
48.9 (18.6–74.9)
48.5 (18.1–83.8)
Gender: % male
47
52
Time since surgery in years: mean (range)
3.5 (0.03–18.8)
3.0 (0.03–17.8)
Location (%)
Shoulder
0
1 (2)
Humerus
0
21 (44)
Upper arm (soft tissue)
0
6 (13)
Radius
0
2 (4)
Metacarpals
0
9 (19)
Digits
0
7 (15)
Femur
22 (44)
0
Upper leg (soft tissue)
1 (2)
0
Knee
2 (4)
0
Tibia
12 (24)
0
Fibula
1 (2)
0
Lower leg (soft tissue)
3 (6)
0
Foot
2 (4)
0
Missing data
7 (14)
2 (4)
Primary tumor (%)
Atypical cartilaginous tumor
10 (20)
22 (46)
Chondrosarcoma grade 2/3
5 (10)
4 (8)
Osteosarcoma
6 (12)
3 (6)
Soft tissue sarcoma
4 (8)
5 (10)
(Tenosynovial) Giant cell tumor
6 (12)
2 (4)
Osteochondroma
2 (4)
0
Fibromatosis
1 (2)
1 (2)
Cartilaginous tumour, benign
2 (2)
2 (4)
Bone other, malignant
2 (4)
1 (2)
Soft tissue other, benign
2 (4)
3 (6)
Bone other, benign
3 (6)
3 (6)
Missing data
7 (14)
2 (4)
Baseline characteristics were unavailable for 11 patients (7 LE and 2 UE) because they had not been recorded correctly.
