Clinical outcome in patients who underwent amputation due to extremity soft tissue sarcoma: Tokai Musculoskeletal Oncology Consortium study.

Tomohito Hagi Tomoki Nakamura Akihito Nagano Hiroshi KoikeKenji YamadaHisaki Aiba Nasa FujiharaJunji WasaKunihiro AsanumaEiji KozawaDaisuke IshimuraKatsuhisa KawanamiYuya IzubuchiYoji ShidoAkihiro SudoYoshihiro Nishida

Published in: Japanese journal of clinical oncology (2021)

Amputation is a useful treatment option for achieving local control in patients with large soft tissue sarcomas. Patients had an opportunity of walking, especially for those who underwent below the knee amputation.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
soft tissue
lower limb
total knee arthroplasty
patient reported outcomes
high grade