Table 2.

The summary of the demographic characteristics of the two groups.

Characteristic	Value
Number of patients	27
Compress fixed	27
Follow-up	Mean 36 months (range 15–66)
Male	12 (45.5%)
Female	15 (55.5%)
Age at surgery
Nonchemo	Mean 45, median 41 (range 10–65)
Chemo	Mean 16, median 15 (range 9–30)
p value	0.000377663
Length of resection
Nonchemo	Median 13.8 (range 8–23.5)
Chemo	Median 15.3 (range 8–23.5)
p value	0.303972
Children (growing potential at surgery)	9 (33.3%)
Adults treated with chemotherapy	8 (29.6%)
Adults not treated with chemotherapy	10 (37%)
Diagnosis
Osteosarcoma	16 (59.2%)
Ewing sarcoma	1 (3.7%)
Chondrosarcoma, giant cell, and leiomyosarcoma	2 (7.4%)
Revision
Loosening	2 (7.4%)
3,5 years tumor-free, leg length discrepancy	1 (3.7%)
9 year tumor-free, infection	1 (3.7%)