Single Stage Oncologic Resection and Reconstruction: A Step toward Development of
Sarcoma Service in Resource Constrained Country
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Table 3. Comparision of our study and that of the other
studies.
Study Number of
patients MSTS score (%)
Niimi R. et al. [14] 63 81
Li J. et al. [15] 4 91.7
Payne C. E. et al. [16] 113 87
Funovics P. T. et al. [17] 28 85
Haroon et al. 24 73.5
score compared to international literature is possibly due
to cases with diverse age groups, with different patholo-
gies. So far no study has been published from our part of
the world describing their progress in musculoskeltal-
oncology. This may well be related to paucity of re-
sources as well as specialized centers in the same field in
our region .
5. Conclusion
Large soft tissue defects are the usual endpoint of wide
surgical resections and coverage of those defects is es-
sential. To overcome the fear of inadequate margins, one
must not be afraid of the resultant wound size. It is im-
perative to have multidisciplinary team approach for the
treatment of musculoskeletal tumor, especially when
aiming for limb salvage with resultant functional limb.
Development of sarcoma service demands high quality
centers equipped with trained staff and resources for the
management of cases and postoperative rehabilitation.
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