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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Local recurrence evaluation

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

 

Local recurrence

P value

Yes

No

Count

%

Count

%

Sex

     

 Male

3

16.7

15

83.3

1

 Female

3

18.8

13

81.3

Method of reconstruction

     

 Biological

2

13.3

13

86.7

0.672

 Nonbiological

4

21.1

15

78.9

Resection type

     

 Intraarticular

4

14.3

24

85.7

0.281

 Extraarticular

2

33.3

4

66.7

Length resected

     

  < 15 cm

2

16.7

10

83.3

1

  > 15 cm

4

18.2

18

81.8

Deltoid resection

     

 Yes

3

13.6

19

86.4

0.641

 No

3

25.0

9

75.0

Complications

     

 Radial nerve neurotmesis

0

0.0

2

100.0

1

 No

6

18.8

26

81.3

Construct failure

     

 Yes

0

0.0

8

100.0

0.297

 No

6

23.1

20

76.9

Surgical margin

     

 Wide

4

13.8

25

86.2

0.205

 Marginal

2

40.0

3

60.0

Pathological fracture on presentation

     

 Yes

3

30.0

7

70.0

0.328

 No

3

12.5

21

87.5