Table 3.
Cross tabulation of tumor related risk factors with recurrence (n = 46).
| Characteristics | Recurrence |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | ||
| Pathological fracture at time of diagnosis | 0.82 | ||
| Yes | 2 (15.4) | 11 (84.6) | |
| No | 6 (18.2) | 27 (81.8) | |
| Site of tumor | 0.81 | ||
| Distal Femur | 1 (10.0) | 9 (90.0) | |
| Proximal Femur | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) | |
| Distal Tibia | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | |
| Proximal Tibia | 4 (30.8) | 9 (69.2) | |
| Humerus | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | |
| Radius | 1 (11.1) | 8 (88.9) | |
| Pelvis | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | |
| Lumbar vertebrae | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | |
| Hand | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) | |
| Metatarsals | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100) | |
| Extent of tumor spread | 0.013 | ||
| Intra-compartmental | 1 (4.2) | 23 (95.8) | |
| Extra-compartmental | 7 (31.8) | 15 (68.2) | |
| Tumor grade | 0.043 | ||
| Grade I | 0 (0) | 10 (100) | |
| Grade II | 1 (7.1) | 13 (92.9) | |
| Grade III | 7 (31.8) | 15 (68.2) | |
| Procedure performed | 0.90 | ||
| Intralesional curettage with adjunct | 7 (17.9) | 32 (82.1) | |
| Wide margin excision | 1 (16.7) | 5 (83.3) | |
| Hemipelvectomy | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | |