Retroperitoneal sarcoma perioperative risk stratification: A United States Sarcoma Collaborative evaluation of the ACS-NSQIP risk calculator.
Patrick B SchwartzChristopher C StahlCecilia EthunNicholas MarkaGeorge A PoultsidesKevin K RogginRyan C FieldsJohn H HowardCallisia N ClarkeKonstantinos I VotanopoulosKenneth CardonaDaniel E AbbottPublished in: Journal of surgical oncology (2020)
The ACS-NSQIP risk calculator poorly predicted outcomes following RPS resection. Changing sarcoma-specific CPT to resection-specific codes did not improve performance. Comorbidities in the calculator may not effectively capture perioperative risk. Future work should evaluate a sarcoma-specific calculator.