Quality of life after resection of abdominal soft tissue sarcomas
- Conditions
- C49.4Connective and soft tissue of abdomen
- Registration Number
- DRKS00023223
- Lead Sponsor
- Chirurgische Klinik
- Brief Summary
Overall quality of life (QoL) in patients with retroperitoneal soft tissue sarcomas (RPS) is high and comparable to the overall German population. RPS patients reported deficits regarding emotional and social functioning, whereas physical limitations were less pronounced. Besides diarrhea, abdominal symptoms were comparable to the overall German population. Tumor recurrences, the number of surgeries, multivisceral resections or postoperative complications did not significantly affect long-term QoL ratings.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 127
Patients of legal age who received a resection of an abdominal STS at Heidelberg University Hospital, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery from 2001, with linguistic proficiency and informed consent are included for the retrospective study arm. Inclusion criteria for the prospective arm are abdominal STS resection, legal age, linguistic proficiency and informed consent.
Exclusion criteria for both study arms are a deficient knowledge of the German language and patients who are not able to give informed consent. Additionally patients with gastrointestinal stroma tumors (GIST) as well as pediatric STS are excluded
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The aim of this study is to access postoperative quality of life using 5 externally validated questionnaires ((EORTC QLQ-C30, PRO-CTCAE, WEMWBS, PA-F-KF and PC-PTSD) as well as one self-made questionnaire to access postoperative quality of life dependent on number of tumor resections.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Influence of patient, tumor, and therapy characteristics on postoperative quality of life. Assessment via a self-made follow-up questionnaire.