Abstract
Additional wide resection was carried out in eight patients in whom the malignant soft tissue tumors were inadequately excised at another hospital. The patients were divided into two groups: the first group included four patients having local recurrence at the time of admission to our hospital. The second group included the remaining four patients who admitted to our hospital without signs of local recurrence. The histological examination showed two cases of leiomyosarcoma and two cases of liposarcoma in the first group, and one case of malignant fibrous histiocytoma and three case of liposarcoma in the second group. Two patients of the first group were operated after twenty three and thirty two months after first operation. All the patients of the secone group were operated within one or two months since the first operation. In these two patients, the wide excisional defects were reconstructed by using vascularized skin flaps. In one of these patients, intraoperative radiation was carried out. All the patients had uneventful postoperative course. The function of the limbs in all patients were excellent.
