Quality of Life and Functional Outcome of Patients Treated with Revision Limb Salvage Surgery and Amputation: A Cross-Sectional Study
Case Report | Volume 5 | Issue 2 | JBST May – August 2019 | Page 11-14| M S Satish, Srinivasan Vijay, Anand Raja, Surendran Veeraiah. DOI: 10.13107/jbst.2019.v05i02.428
Author M S Satish[1], Srinivasan Vijay[1], Anand Raja[2], Surendran Veeraiah[3]
[1]Department of Physiotherapist, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India,
[2]Department of Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India,
[3]Department of Psycho-Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Address of Correspondence
Dr. M S Satish,
Department of Physiotherapist, Cancer Institute(WIA), Adyar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
E-mail: ms.satish@cancerinstitutewia.org
Abstract
Context: Despite the advances in surgical treatments and chemotherapy, obtaining an optimal outcome in the treatment of musculoskeletal tumors or sarcomas is still quite challenging. This can be managed by improving various factors such as survival and recurrence rate, longevity of the prosthesis, functional outcome, and quality of life (QOL) of patients. However, not much attention has been given to this issue in India.
Aims: The aim of the study was to examine the QOL and functional outcome of musculoskeletal cancer patients who were treated with revision limb salvage surgery (LSS) and those who underwent above-knee (AK) amputation followed by rehabilitation with Akprosthesis.
Settings and Design: A cross-sectional study was carried out between May 2015 and April 2016 at Physiotherapy Out patient Department of Cancer Institute, Chennai.
Materials and Methods: Thirty-two patients aged between 15and 60 years, treated with revision LSS (n=15) and those rehabilitated with prosthesis after AK amputation (n=17)were assessed for QOL and functional outcome. Cancer Institute QOL questionnaire was used to assess QOL and Musculoskeletal Tumor Society score was used to find the functional outcome of these patients.
Statistical analysis: Descriptive statistics, student’s t-test, and Chi-square test were used to analyze the data using SPSS version 13.
Results: The revision LSS patients were found to have a better functional outcome as well as QOL than the amputees. Yet another aspect of QOL, namely, fear of recurrence was much lesser among AK amputees than revision LSS patients.
Conclusions: The findings of this study imply that revision LSS has higher advantages in terms of functional outcome and QOL of patients compared to amputation, though patients treated with revision LSS were found to have increased fear of recurrence and pain than the amputees.
Keywords: Revision limb salvage surgery, quality of life, functional outcome, amputation, musculoskeletal tumor.
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| Dr. M S Satish | Dr. Srinivasan Vijay | Dr. Anand Raja | Dr. Surendran Veeraiah |
| How to Cite this article: Satish M S, Vijay S, Raja A, Surendran V. Quality of Life and Functional Outcome of Patients Treated with Revision Limb Salvage Surgery and Amputation: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors May-August 2019;5(2): 11-14. |
