Long-term functional follow-up of pediatric extremity sarcoma patients treated with brachytherapy

Table 1 Overview of patient characteristics

Patient	A	B	C
Patient age at diagnosis (years)	5	0.6	0.3
Patient age at follow-up (years)	10	8	9.5
Follow-up time (years)	5	7.4	9.2
Diagnosis	Ewing’s Sarcoma, extra-osseous	Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma	Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
Preoperative chemo	Yes	Yes	Yes
Open biopsy	2	1	1
Initial surgeries	1	1	2
Corrective surgeries	0	0	1
Brachytherapy dose (Gy)	30	32	36
External beam dose (Gy)	25	0	0
Recurrence	No	No	No
Limb-length discrepancy	Yes	No	Yes
Contractures	No	Yes	Yes
Fatigue in extremity	No	Yes	Yes
Neurovascular intact?	Yes	Yes	Yes
Complications	Hyperpigmentation	Progressive extension defect in the elbow	Achilles tendon contracture
pTESS arm	100	100	N/A
pTESS leg	N/A	N/A	88.5
Quickdash	2.3	2.3	N/A

pTESS: Pediatric Toronto Extremity Salvage Score; N/A: Not applicable.