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Does Delayed Reexcision Affect Outcome After Unplanned Excision for Soft Tissue Sarcoma?

2010; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 469; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s11999-010-1642-8

1528-1132

Ilkyu Han, Hyun Guy Kang, Seung Chul Kang, Jay Rim Choi, Han‐Soo Kim,

Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments

Unplanned excision of a soft tissue sarcoma generally requires reexcision to achieve an adequate surgical margin. Many surgeons assume delay of definitive surgery adversely affects patient survival and local recurrence. However, no clear evidence of this assumption can be found in the literature.