Research Article
Evaluation of Planned versus Unplanned Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Resection Using PROMIS Measures
| | | Unplanned excision () | Planned resection () | Total | value |
| | Sex | | | | | | Female | 7 (39%) | 35 (52%) | 42 (49%) | 0.505 | | Male | 11 (61%) | 32 (48%) | 43 (51%) | | Upper extremity | | | | | | Yes | 2 (11%) | 17 (25%) | 19 (22%) | 0.2 | | No | 16 (89%) | 50 (75%) | 66 (78%) | | Age (mean ± SD in years) | 60 ± 18 | 64 ± 16 | 63 ± 16 | 0.415 | | Mean follow-up (including range, in months) | 20 (1–80) | 20 (1–272) | 19 (1–272 | 0.216 | | Limb salvaged | | | | | | Yes | 15 (83%) | 58 (87%) | 73 (86%) | 0.728 | | No | 3 (17%) | 9 (13%) | 12 (14%) | | Adjuvant treatment | | | | | | Yes | 10 (56%) | 54 (81%) | 64 (75%) | 0.03 | | No | 8 (44%) | 13 (19%) | 21 (25%) | | Average resection size (cm) | 12.6 (1.4–30) | 10.6 (2.4–35) | 11.0 (1.4–35) | 0.309 | | Postoperative complications | 4 (22%) | 14 (22%) | 18 (21%) | 0.814 | | Median time from last adjuvant treatment to survey (months) | | | | | | <12 months | 10 (3–17) | 0 (0–2) | NA | 0.407 | | >12 months | 18 (11–67) | 29 (0–86) | NA | 0.951 |
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