Aggressive surgical approach with vascular resection and reconstruction for retroperitoneal sarcomas: a systematic review

Table 2 Characteristics of the studies comparing vascular resection group and tumour resection alone group

Study	Patients (n)		Tumor size (cm)		Histological subtype (%)		FNCLCC grade (%)		Tumour status (%)		Margin status (%)
	V	T	V	T	V	T	V	T	V	T	V	T
Tan 2016²⁹	67	608	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ikoma 2017³¹	36	136	NA	NA	Lei, 100	Lei, 100	NA	NA	NA	NA	R0/R1 100	R0/R1 100
Blair 2018³²	32	96	11.3	10.2	Lip, 19; Lei, 81	Lip, 19; Lei, 81	G1, 6; G2,31; G3, 63	G1, 12; G2, 28; G3, 60	P, 84; R, 16	P, 78; R, 22	R0/R1 93; R2 9	R0/R1 88; R2 12
Spolverato 2021¹⁰	24	401	25	25	Lip, 100	Lip, 100	G1, 25; G2/G3, 75	G1, 33; G2/G3, 67	P, 100	P, 100	R0/R1 96; R2 4	R0/R1 98; R2 2

V, vascular resection group; T, tumour resection alone group; Lip, Liposarcoma; Lei, Leiomyosarcoma; P, Primary; R, Recurrent; NA, data not available; R status, Resection status

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