Table 1.

Patient summary

Patient number	Age (years)	Gender	Diagnosis	Presentation	Grade	Affected hand	Dominant hand	Tumor size (cm)	AJCC stage	Procedure
1	45	M	Synovial sarcoma	Primary	High	Left	Right	2	2b	Double fourth and fifth ray amputation
2	35	F	MPNST	Primary	High	Right	Left	4.5	2b	Double fourth and fifth ray amputation
3	40	M	Synovial sarcoma	Primary	High	Left	Right	6.5	3	Double fourth and fifth ray amputation
4	10	F	MPNST	Primary	High	Left	Right	5	3	Double second and third ray amputation
5	40	F	Undifferentiated sarcoma	Primary	High	Left	Right	5	3	Double fourth and fifth ray amputation

Patient number	Margins	Radiation	Flap closure	Local recurrence	Distant metastases	Followup (months)	Status	MSTS score	Grip strength (% contralateral)
1	Negative	No	No	No	No	98	NED	26	24
2	Negative	Yes	Fillet flap	No	Yes	64	AWD (lung metastases)	28	17
3	Negative	Yes	Free gracilis myocutaneous flap	No	No	120	NED	19	18
4	Negative	Yes	No	No	No	72	NED	24	35
5	Negative	Yes	No	No	No	136	NED	23	NA

AJCC = American Joint Commission for Cancer; M = male; F = female; MPNST = malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors; MSTS = Musculoskeletal Tumor Society; NED = no evidence of disease; AWD = alive with disease; NA = not available.