Psychological outcome of extremity sarcoma survivors undergoing amputation or limb salvage.

摘要: When compared to amputation, limb salvage procedures for extremity sarcomas have been advocated because of potential functional benefits and presumed psychological-outcome advantages. The purpose this study was compare psychological outcomes between survivors who underwent either amputation or sarcomas. Fifteen amputees 20 patients with salvaged limbs (mean age, 37.9 years; range, 15 71 years) were evaluated 1 5 years after surgery Demographic medical information obtained cognitive functioning, affect, mood, body image, physical global adjustment illness surgery, lifetime prevalence psychiatric disorders before assessed. Two excluded the presence an incapacitating organic mental syndrome. remaining patients, 14 19 limbs, had a variety soft-tissue bone No significant diff...