Outcomes in Lower Extremity Soft Tissue Sarcoma Patients After Limb Salvage

Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Limb Salvage

Treatments: Procedure: Limb salvage

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02536053

324/13/03/02/2014/2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to:

1. validate the Finnish version of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society scale and the Toronto Extremity Salvage Score lower extremity sections and to
2. assess the functional ability and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of lower extremity sarcoma patients who have undergone limb salvage surgery.

Full description

The first purpose of this study is to validate the Finnish version of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society scale and the Toronto Extremity Salvage Score upper extremity sections. The second purpose is to chart the functional capabilities and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of upper extremity sarcoma patients who have undergone limb salvage surgery with local or free flaps.

Patient hospital records are retrospectively reviewed to chart the demographic and clinical data.

The recruitment of patient takes place at the outpatient clinic of Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Hospital. The study includes a cross-sectional assessment at one year follow-up with five validated questionnaires. A follow-up is conducted three years after surgery in the outpatient clinic.

Enrollment: 141 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Lower extremity soft tissue sarcoma locating in between hip/gluteus to foot
• No metastasis at the time of diagnosis
• Undergone limb salvage surgery
• A minimum of 1 year follow-up
• Written consent
• Age > 18

Exclusion criteria

• Age <18
• No limb-salvage surgery due to sarcoma