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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Correlations between MSTS score and different variables

From: Functional and oncological outcomes of patients with proximal humerus osteosarcoma managed by limb salvage

 

MSTS score

P value

Mean

SD

Median

Minimum

Maximum

Sex

      

 Male

25.11

2.08

24.50

22.00

29.00

0.109

 Female

26.06

1.65

26.00

23.00

29.00

Method of reconstruction

      

 Biological

25.53

1.73

25.00

23.00

29.00

1

 Nonbiological

25.58

2.12

25.00

22.00

29.00

Resection type

      

 Intraarticular

25.43

1.97

25.00

22.00

29.00

0.439

 Extraarticular

26.17

1.72

27.00

24.00

28.00

Length resected

      

  < 15 cm

25.25

1.86

25.00

23.00

29.00

0.444

  > 15 cm

25.73

1.98

25.00

22.00

29.00

Deltoid resection

      

 Yes

25.41

1.79

25.00

23.00

29.00

0.511

 No

25.83

2.21

27.00

22.00

29.00

Complications

      

 Radial nerve neurotmesis

23.50

0.71

23.50

23.00

24.00

0.107

 No

25.69

1.91

25.00

22.00

29.00

Construct failure

      

 Yes

24.75

1.91

24.50

23.00

29.00

0.164

 No

25.81

1.90

26.00

22.00

29.00

Surgical margin

      

 Wide

25.48

1.94

25.00

22.00

29.00

0.603

 Marginal

26.00

2.00

25.00

24.00

29.00

Pathological fracture on presentation

      

 Yes

25.80

2.04

25.00

23.00

29.00

0.642

 No

25.46

1.91

25.00

22.00

29.00