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A1 Karakousis CP, Emrich LJ, Vesper DS
T1 SOft-tissue sarcomas of the proximal lower extremity
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1989
FD November 1
VO 124
IS 11
SP 1297
OP 1300
DO 10.1001/archsurg.1989.01410110055011
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1989.01410110055011
AB • Of 54 patients with soft-tissue sarcomas of the proximal part of the lower extremity, 2 patients (4%) were treated with amputation, while 52 patients (96%) were treated with limb-preserving resection. Adjuvant postoperative irradiation was applied selectively when the minimum margin was less than 2 cm (22 patients). Technical improvements in exposure, resection of involved vessels or nerve, and preservation of function permitted a high rate of limb salvage with satisfactory function. At a median follow-up of 30 months for those subjects still alive, the 5-year disease-free survival rate was 65%, and only 3 patients (6%) had had a local recurrence.(Arch Surg. 1989;124:1297-1300)