Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Good Quality of Life 3 Decades After Rotationplasty
By Gitte G.J. Krebbekx, M.J.C. Duivenvoorden, Inger Nicoline Sierevelt and 6 others.
Abstract
Background
Long-term quality of life (QoL) after rotationplasty is important because prolonged patient survival has become more common. This study assessed QoL decades after rotationplasty.
Methods
This cross-sectional study included surviving patients who had been treated for lower-extremity tumors, primaily sarcoma, between 1980 and 2002 at 2 Dutch centers. Patient-reported outcomes were assessed using the Short Form (SF)-36 Physical and Mental Component Summary (PCS and MCS) scores, Toronto Extremity Salvage Score (TESS), and Prosthesis Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ). Functional status was assessed using the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) score. Results were compared with reference data from the general population and sarcoma survivors, and factors associated with better QoL outcomes were explored.