Management of patients with retroperitoneal tumors and a review of the literature

Table 4 Characteristics of all surgical procedures

Patient	Tumor size (cm)	Operation	Histology	Grade	Operation time	Blood Tx (units)
1	12	WTR	LS	G1	160	1
2	20	WTR	LMS	G1	200	2
3	6	MWTR + RSO	FS	G2	235	1
4	8	WTR	NF		120	-
5	17	WTR	L		280	2
6	30	MWTR	LS	G3	380	3
7	8	WTR	FR		150	-
8	12	WTR	LS	G1	210	2
9	16	WTR	LMS	G1	280	1
10	19	MWTR	LMS	G2	190	-
11	30	MWTR + LN	LS	G2	230	4
12	15	WTR + SP	PRG	G3	240	3
13	25	WTR	ANGF		320	2
14	6	MWTR	LMS	G1	140	-
15	11	MWTR	MFH	G2	180	-
16	7	WTR	SWN		110	-
17	8	WTR	NF		200	2
18	5	MWTR	MFH	G1	100	1
19	3	WTR	LS	G1	90	1
20	16	MWTR^a	LS	G2	215	-
21	4	WTR	LMS	G1	130	-
22	17	WTR + SP + WRS	MFH	G2	360	5
23	15	WTR	LS	G1	225	1
24	24	BPY^b	LS	G3	70	-
25	2	WTR	MFH	G1	115	3
26	8	WTR + LHC	MFH	G2	260	7 + 4 FFP
27	4	WTR	PRG		120	1
28	10	BPY^c	HL	G3	70	-

LS: Liposarcoma, LMS: Leiomyosarcoma, MFH: Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, FS: Fibrosarcoma, PRG: Paraganglioma, L: Lipoma, NF: Neurofibroma, FR: Fibroma, ANGF: Angiofibroma, SWN: Schwannoma, HL: Hodgkin’s Lymphoma , WTR: Wide total resection, MWTR: Multiple wide total resection (applied for the patients with nodular progression), RSO: Right salpingo-oophorectomy, LN: Left Nephrectomy, SP: Splenectomy, LHC: Left hemicolectomy, WRS: Wedge resection of the stomach, BPY: Biopsy, FFP: Fresh frozen plasma. ^aLiver metastases; ^baortic invasion; ^caortic and vena cava invasion.

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