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Defining Minimally Important Differences in Functional Outcomes in Musculoskeletal Oncology

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Functional outcomes are commonly reported in studies of patients undergoing limb-salvage surgery for the treatment of musculoskeletal tumors; however, interpretation requires knowledge of the smallest amount of improvement that is important to patients: the minimally important difference (MID). We established the MIDs for the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Rating Scale-93 (MSTS-93) and Toronto Extremity Salvage Score (TESS) for …

Authors

Gazendam AM; Schneider P; Bhandari M; Busse JW; Ghert M

Journal

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Vol. 104, No. 18, pp. 1659–1666

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

September 21, 2022

DOI

10.2106/jbjs.21.01539

ISSN

0021-9355