Research Article

Evaluation of Absolute Neutrophil Count in the Perioperative Setting of Sarcoma Resection

Table 1

Demographics.

N (%)

Age at operation (years), median (IQR)36 (18–55.25)
BMI at operation, median (IQR)25.61 (22.07–29.95)
Sex
 Male59 (51.8)
 Female55 (48.2)
Smoking history28 (24.6)
Primary tumor type
 Ewing’s sarcoma13 (11.3)
 Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, bone5 (4.4)
 Leiomyosarcoma, bone5 (4.4)
 Osteosarcoma50 (43.9)
 Chondrosarcoma41 (36.0)
Pathologic fracture17 (15.0)
Metastases10 (8.8)
Perioperative chemotherapy68 (59.6)
Perioperative radiation23 (20.2)
Preoperative ANC (thousand per μL), median (IQR)4.10 (2.58–6.00)
Preoperative ALC (thousand per μL), median (IQR)1.62 (1.18–2.09)
Salvage procedure
 Adult endoprosthesis48 (42.1)
 Expandable endoprosthesis2 (1.8)
 Allograft reconstruction25 (21.9)
 Autograft reconstruction3 (2.6)
 Rotationplasty2 (1.8)
 Resection or intralesional excision34 (29.8)

IQR, interquartile range; BMI, body mass index; ANC, absolute neutrophil count; μL, microliter; ALC, absolute lymphocyte count.