Incidence and risk of infection in malignant soft tissue tumor resection: Data from the nationwide soft tissue tumor registry.
J Orthop Sci
; 2023 Aug 18.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Postoperative infection is a devastating complication in limb salvage surgery for malignant soft tissue tumors. The low absolute case numbers of these rare cancers represent a bottleneck for data collection and analysis. The administration of nationwide registry data is a practical option for the accumulation of cases.METHODS:
Data on malignant soft tissue tumor resection were extracted from the Bone and Soft Tissue Tumor Registry in Japan. The incidence of postoperative infection and its risk factors were analyzed.RESULTS:
A total of 14,460 cases were included. The incidence of infection was 2.6%. Significant risks for infection were male sex, lower extremity or trunk location, tumor diameter of over 10 cm, trans-compartmental invasion, high grade, autologous bone graft, myocutaneous flap, vascular reconstruction, reconstruction by prosthesis, postoperative radiotherapy, and delayed wound healing.CONCLUSIONS:
The incidence was lower than those in the previous studies, perhaps because of less frequent radiotherapy application. Some of the significant risk factors represented local invasiveness of the tumor, suggesting the importance of the preservation of soft tissue for infection prevention. The administration of nationwide registry data was informative for the analysis of infection in malignant soft tissue tumor resection.
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