Amputation is indicated for bone and soft tissue sarcoma of limbs. Wide excision, however, may be possible in a case, which seems to be cured by such operative method.
In this article we reported local recurrence and functional disorders of 18 cases, which were treated by wide excision. 18 cases include soft tissue sarcoma (11 cases), osteogenic sarcoma (3 cases), and desmoid. (4 cases).
The rate of local recurrence was 2 of 18 cases (11%), and pulmonary metastasis without local recurrence occured in 3 cases (17%).