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. 2011 Jul 21;6(4):373–377. doi: 10.1007/s11552-011-9349-1

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Patients undergoing thumb-sparing surgery
Age Sex Location Diagnosis Presentation AJCC Stage Radiotherapy Chemotherapy Follow-Up (months) Local recurrence Distant metastasis Status MSTS score
17 M Thumb metacarpal Chondrosarcoma Primary II No No 48 No No ned 29
23 M Thenar Epithelioid sarcoma Primary II Yes No 110 No No ned 30
28 M Thumb P1 dorsum Epithelioid sarcoma Primary II No No 58 No No ned 29
12 M Thumb P1 volar Epithelioid sarcoma Primary II Yes No 97 No No ned 29
13 M Thenar Epithelioid sarcoma Primary II No No 64 no no ned 30
80 M 1st web Synovial sarcoma Primary III Yes No 32 No No ned 27
30 F Thenar Malignant fibrous histiocytoma Primary I No No 105 No No ned 28
31 F Thumb P1 dorsum Malignant fibrous histiocytoma Primary II Yes No 5 No No ned 29
71 M 1st web Myxoid liposarcoma Primary III No No 51 No Yes dod 27
46 F Thumb P1 volar Leiomyosarcoma Recurrence I No No 52 No No ned 28
32 M Thenar Fibrosarcoma Primary I No No 78 No No ned 26
48 M Thenar Myofibroblastic tumor Primary I No No 60 No No ned 29
25 F Thumb subungual Melanoma Primary 0 No No 53 No No ned 29
50 M Thumb P1 volar Squamous cell carcinoma Primary 0 No No 35 No No doc 30
Patients undergoing amputation
Age Sex Location Diagnosis Presentation Amputation Level AJCC Stage Radiotherapy Chemotherapy Follow-Up (months) Local recurrence Distant metastasis Status MSTS score
56 F Thumb P1 volar Epithelioid sarcoma Primary MCPJ II No No 95 No No ned 11
10 M Thumb P1 volar Synovial sarcoma Primary MCPJ II No No 156 No No ned 29a
47 F Thenar Malignant fibrous histiocytoma Primary Below elbow III No No 67 Yes No ned NAb
55 M Thumb P2 volar Porocarcinoma Primary IPJ III No No 102 No No ned 28
59 M Thumb P2 volar Squamous cell carcinoma Primary IPJ I No No 52 No No ned 28
63 M Thumb subungual Melanoma Primary IPJ III No Yes 20 No Yes dod 28
73 F Thumb subungual Melanoma Primary MCPJ T4b, c No No 22 No Yes dod 17
50 F Thumb subungual Melanoma Primary IPJ I No No 61 No No ned 27
59 F Thumb subungual Melanoma Primary IPJ I No No 45 No No ned 27

ned no evidence of disease, awd alive with disease, doc died due to other causes, dod died of disease, P1 proximal phalanx, P2 distal phalanx, IPJ interphalangeal joint, MCPJ metacarpophalangeal joint

aPatient underwent staged toe–thumb transfer

bPatient not assessed as she underwent a primary below-elbow amputation and second above-elbow amputation following local tumor recurrence

cPatient refused staging