Functional Outcome Measurement in Patients with Lower-Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma: A Systematic Literature Review.
Gilber KaskIan Barner-RasmussenJussi Petteri RepoMagnus KjäldmanKaarel KilkCarl BlomqvistErkki Juhani TukiainenPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2019)
Based on this systematic review, several different methods exist for assessing FO in patients with lower-extremity sarcoma. The most frequently used measure is a validated TESS. The postoperative FO of patients with lower-extremity STS seems to increase to the preoperative baseline level during long-term follow-up evaluation.