Predictive Factors of Wound Complications After Sarcoma Resection Requiring Plastic Surgeon Involvement

INTRODUCTIONThe most effective management of a patient with sarcoma is surgical resection. Often the resection is performed, the wound is irradiated, adjuvant chemotherapy is administered, and the wound is closed without plastic surgery consultation. Wound complications, after these treatment protocols, often require plastic surgery involvement and the treatment may require more advanced reconstructive techniques with higher rates of complications than if involvement occurred earlier. METHODSA retrospective review of all patients who underwent sarcoma excision from 2001 to 2011 was performed. Factors such as tumor size, radiation, chemotherapy, delayed reconstruction (>3 weeks), and immediate reconstruction (