CLINICAL-EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOFT TISSUE TUMOURS. STATISTICAL STUDY ON A SERIES OF 312 OPERATED SOFT TISSUE TUMOURS
Abstract:
The aim of the paper is to describe the clinical and morpho-histological characteristics as well as the prognosis of soft tissue tumours, with reference to 312 cases of soft tissue tumours operated within a general surgery service. The parameters studied were the location, age, sex, benign / malignant nature and surgical cures type. Immediate and one-year follow-up results are presented. The results indicate that soft tissue tumours are a common pathology in surgical practice, and can be resolved in over 90% of cases in outpatient setting, in local anaesthesia and with low medical costs. Simple excision of the tumour provides for the safe healing of benign formations with an insignificant share of local recurrences, solvable by simple re-intervention. Excision due to oncological reasons provides an important percentage of cure, but late evolution depends on the degree of local invasion, the histopathological nature of the tumour, the localization of the formation, the time of intervention, and the age of the patient.
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