A Critical Review of the Impact of Sarcoma on Psychosocial Wellbeing

Table 5

Comparison between different types of surgery¹.

First author	Comparator^2	Quality of life^3	Domains^3	Mental health	Self-worth	Others
Sugarbaker et al. [94]	AMP vs. LSS			=
Weddington et al. [102]	AMP vs. LSS			=
Postma et al. [80]	AMP vs. LSS	=		=	=
Rougraff et al. [86]	AMP vs. LSS vs. hip disarticulation			=
Christ et al. [36]	AMP vs. LSS			−	=
Davis et al. [41]	AMP vs. LSS	−^4	PF
Hillmann et al. [56]	Rotationplasty vs. LSS	+	Role
Eiser et al. [44]	AMP vs. LSS	=^4				=body image
Nagarajan et al. [69]	AMP vs. LSS	=
Zahlten-Hinguranage et al. [107]	AMP vs. LSS	=				=life satisfaction
Hoffmann et al. [59]	Hip disarticulation vs. AMP vs. LSS	^5
Hopyan et al. [60]	Rotationplasty, AMP vs. LSS	=
Akahane et al. [28]	Rotationplasty, AMP vs. LSS	=
Ginsberg et al. [52]	Rotationplasty, AMP vs. LSS	=
Beck et al. [32]	Internal vs. external hemipelvectomy	=
Barrera et al. [30]	AMP vs. LSS			−	+	=sexual function
Robert et al. [84]	AMP vs. LSS	=			=	=body image; =social support
Expósito Tirado et al. [45]	AMP vs. LSS	=
Barrera et al. [31]	AMP vs. LSS	=
Teall et al. [98]	AMP vs. LSS					=social support and benefit finding
Mason et al. [68]	AMP vs. LSS	−
Bekkering et al. [108]	AMP vs. LSS	−	PCS

AMP: amputation; LSS: limb-sparing surgery; PCS: physical component score; PF: physical function. ¹Minus (−): poorer in comparison; plus (+): better; equals (=): no difference. ²Direction of significance, i.e., better or worse, based on the first comparator, or the last time point if a longitudinal comparison. ³Result based on overall or summary scores; if these were not provided, result at domain score level was provided (QLQ-C30 functional scale only). ⁴Total and/or summary scores can be calculated with the measure used, but this was not reported. ⁵Text is unclear, and data presented in an appendix are no longer available.