[Local recurrence in soft tissue sarcoma: prognostic factors].

Objective: To determinate the prognostic factors associated with the local relapse in patients treated for soft tissue sarcoma in extremities.

Methods: Retrospectively, 30 patients were evaluated after being treated with surgical resection of soft tissue sarcoma located in extremities, with a outcome of 36,5 +/- 12,2 months. The prognostic factors evaluated were: age, sex, location, depth, location in the anatomic compartments, size, tumor previous manipulation, surgical margins, grade of histological malignance, presence of histological necrosis or histological vascular invasion.