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Impact Of Unplanned Excision On Prognosis Of Patients With Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Hafiz Muhammad Umer, Masood Umer, Irfan Qadir, Nadeem Abbasi, Nehal Masood
Impact Of Unplanned Excision On Prognosis Of Patients With Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Hafiz Muhammad Umer, Masood Umer, Irfan Qadir, Nadeem Abbasi, Nehal Masood
Section of Orthopaedic Surgery
Unplanned excision of soft tissue sarcomas (STSs) outside comprehensive tumor management centers necessitates the need for wide reexcision to achieve adequate margins. We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 135 patients with STS operated at our hospital with the goal of examining outcomes, in terms of local recurrence (LR) and metastasis rate (MR), of reexcision following unplanned excision of STS and comparing results with those of first-time planned surgery. Eighty-four patients had their first-time surgery and 51 patients had come to us following unplanned excision at prereferral hospital. Mean age of all patients was 41.8 ± 21.9 years. The LR and …
Managing Soft Tissue Sarcomas In A Developing Country: Are Prognostic Factors Similar To Those Of Developed World?, Irfan Qadir, Masood Umer, Hafiz Muhammad Umer, Nasir Uddin, Farrok Karson, Muhammad Sharoz Rabbani
Managing Soft Tissue Sarcomas In A Developing Country: Are Prognostic Factors Similar To Those Of Developed World?, Irfan Qadir, Masood Umer, Hafiz Muhammad Umer, Nasir Uddin, Farrok Karson, Muhammad Sharoz Rabbani
Section of Orthopaedic Surgery
Background: Managing soft tissue sarcomas (STS) in a developing country with limited financial resources and a poor health referral system is a challenge. Presenting late, these extremity STS are prone to recurrence despite apparently complete resection. This study aimed to explore and compare the impact of clinico-pathological factors on recurrence and survival in Pakistan with the corresponding figures quoted from the developed world.
Methods: An institutional review was performed on all patients with primary STS of the extremities operated on between 1994 and 2008. The prognostic influence of clinical, pathologic, and treatment variables on local recurrence free survival (LRFS), metastasis …