Critical study of resection margins in adult soft-tissue sarcoma surgery

• Published in: Orthopaedics & traumatology, surgery & research Vol. 98; no. 4; pp. S9 - S18
• Main Authors: Lintz, F, Moreau, A, Odri, G.-A, Waast, D, Maillard, O, Gouin, F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France Elsevier Masson SAS 01.06.2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Humans; Local recurrence; Male; Metastasis; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Grading; Orthopedics; Prognosis; Prognostic factors; Proportional Hazards Models; Resection margins; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Sarcoma - pathology; Sarcoma - surgery; Soft Tissue Neoplasms - pathology; Soft Tissue Neoplasms - surgery; Soft-tissue sarcoma; Surgery; Survival; Survival Rate; Metastasis; Survival; Local recurrence; Prognostic factors; Soft-tissue sarcoma; Resection margins

Summary Introduction Resection margins constitute a recognized risk factor for local recurrence, but their impact on survival is less clear. Hypothesis Infiltrative proliferation and satellite nodules are prognostic factors for local and systemic aggressiveness. Type of study Retrospective cohort st...