Treatment and outcome of malignant bone tumors of the proximal humerus: biological versus endoprosthetic reconstruction

Table 3 Main patient and outcome characteristics comparion

Variable	Prothesis	Biological reconstruction	P-value
Total	N = 25	N = 16	---
Mean age (years)	29.64 ± 5.99	32.19 ± 6.69	0.212^a
Sex	13 M	9 M	0.790^b
Sex	12 F	7 F	0.790^b
Mean follow-up (months)	55.08 ± 26.64	61.75 ± 30.42	0.464^a
Ennecking’s Stage	Stage IIA 11	Stage IIA 6	0.680^b
Ennecking’s Stage	Stage IIB 14	Stage IIB 10	0.680^b
Specimen Length (cm)	10.98 ± 1.51	10.88 ± 1.43	0.820^a
Local recurrence	3	2	0.962^b
Metastasis	4	4	0.478^b
Mean MSTS	63.6 ± 5.65	63.0 ± 6.48	0.756^a
Revision	9	5	0.754^b

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