title: Aggressive fibromatosis: evaluation of prognostic factors and outcomes of surgical treatment.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of surgical treatment of aggressive fibromatosis and the effects of prognostic factors on recurrence.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty patients (24 female, 16 male; average age: 31.2 years) diagnosed with aggressive fibromatosis were evaluated retrospectively. Nine patients with tumor-positive surgical margins macroscopically were excluded. Prognostic factors such as age, gender, localization, admission status, compartment status, surgical margin, tumor size and adjuvant radiotherapy were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Recurrence rate was 29%. Average disease free survival was 46±4 months. There was no statistically significant relation between prognostic factors and recurrence. Clinical results of the patients receiving adjuvant radiotherapy were more satisfactory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Adjuvant radiotherapy administration appears to be a rational treatment method instead of sacrificing function to achieve wide surgical margins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey. kucuklevent@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Küçük
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burçin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Keçeci
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Dündar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sabah
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Güven
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yücetürk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D023821:Limb Salvage; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult