Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 5 Comparison between the outcomes of osteosarcomas affecting different sites in our institution
Osteosarcoma site | Number of patients | Local recurrence (%) | Chest metastasis (%) | 5-year survivorship (%) | Limb survivorship (%) | Construct survivorship (%) | MSTS score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Distal femur | 82 | 3.7 | 14.6 | 95.6 | 98.8 | 67.7 | 26 |
Proximal tibia | 55 | 5.5 | 18.2 | 83.6 | 88.2 | 82.4 | 26 |
Proximal femur | 32 | 9.3 | 18.7 | 81 | 93 | 9 | 24 |
Proximal humerus | 34 | 18 | 41 | 64.7 | 87.5 | 85.2 | 25 |