Table 5.

Comparison of study parameters by site of resection/reconstruction

	Proximal upper extremity (SD)	Distal upper extremity (SD)	Difference	p value
No. of patients	7	6
Average age	54.1 (20.6)	56 (24.2)	−1.9	>0.1
Average number of prior excisions	1.1 (1.9)	0.7 (0.8)	0.4	>0.1
Average tumor grade	3 (0)	2.8 (0.4)	0.2	>0.1
Average maximum tumor diameter	7.6 (6.4)	4.4 (3.3)	3.2	>0.1
Brachytherapy (%)	0 (0)	50 (55)	−50	>0.1
Radiotherapy (%)	86 (38)	83 (41)	3	>0.1
Preoperative radiotherapy (%)	71 (49)	50 (55)	21	>0.1
Postoperative radiotherapy (%)	29 (49)	83 (41)	−54	>0.1
Length of stay
Duration (days)	5.2 (1.6)	8.6 (1.9)	−3.4	0.006
Intensive care unit (days)	0.7 (0.5)	0.2 (0.4)	0.5	0.05
Surgical time (min)	639 (199)	648 (176)	−9	>0.1
Charges (2012 US $)
Routine	9,638 (2,294)	13,577(4,315)	−3,939	0.08
Operating room	5,834 (1,483)	6,318 (1,029)	−484	>0.1
Pharmacy	1,059 (367)	1,310 (1,896)	−251	>0.1
Radiology	82 (275)	4,124 (7,353)	−4,042	>0.1
Laboratory	1,030 (729)	1,069 (464)	−39	>0.1
Supply	2,495 (700)	2,468 (1,411)	27	>0.1
Therapy	1,194 (872)	1,294 (974)	−100	>0.1
Miscellaneous	1,432 (1,087)	1,769 (558)	−337	>0.1
Total	22,764 (4,188)	31,929 (7,528)	−9,167	0.03
Average number of revisional procedures	0.28 (1.2)	1.0 (1.1)	0.72	>0.1
Complication rate (%)	60 (55)	33 (51)	27	>0.1
Major complication rate (%)	20 (45)	50 (54)	−30	>0.1
Percentage completing survey	71	83	−12	>0.1
Average length of follow-up (months)	57.4 (8.6)	40.1 (31.5)	−17.3	>0.1
Average TESS score	86.3 (28.5)	69.9 (21.2)	16.4	>0.1
Consideration of own disability	4.6 (0.9)	3.4 (1.7)	1.2	>0.1
Return to work (%)	75 (5)	100 (0)	−25	>0.1
Time to return to work (months)	2.7 (1.5)	2.5 (1.3)	0.2	>0.1

Significant p values in italics