Yabanoglu, H.Karagulle, E.Aytac, H. O.Caliskan, K.Canpolat, T.Koc, Z.Akdur, A. C.Moray, G.Haberal, M.2023-12-062023-12-0620140001-5458http://hdl.handle.net/11727/11002Background : We retrospectively evaluated the results of surgical treatment for anterior abdominal wall desmoid tumours. Methods : Records for 13 patients operated on for desmoid tumours from 1997-2013 were searched for age, gender, abdominal/pelvic surgical history, pregnancy, Gardner's syndrome, pre-operative radiological examinations, tumour size, multifocality, surgical procedure, tumour presence at surgical margins, recurrence, morbidity, and mortality. Local recurrence-free survival probabilities were estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method and stratified by various clinicopathological variables. Results : There were 11 female (84,6%) and 2 male (15,4%) patients with a median age of 36 years. Seven (53,8%) patients had previous abdominal/pelvic surgery, five (38,5%) had a history of pregnancy, and one (7,6%) had Gardner's Syndrome. Two (15,3%) patients had multifocality on their pre-operative radiological examinations. Mean tumour diameter was 4,6 cm (SD 3,2 cm; range 2-12 cm). After the excision of the masses in five (38,5%) patients, synthetic materials were used to close the abdominal wall defects. Two (15,3%) patients with positive surgical margins after surgery were re-operated. Three (23%) patients required a second surgical intervention after the mass excisions were performed. Mean follow-up time was 56,7 months. Recurrence was observed in three patients during follow-up. Increased tumour size, history of previous abdominal/pelvic surgery, and the presence of multifocality had a negative effect on local recurrence-free survival. There was no mortality during follow-up. Conclusions : Desmoid tumours are characterized by high recurrence, even after proper surgical excisions. Preoperative differential diagnoses of these tumours should be done and a post-operative follow-up protocol should be followed.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessFAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSISPATHOLOGICAL CORRELATIONAGGRESSIVE FIBROMATOSISRADIATION-THERAPYCHEST-WALLRECURRENCESURGERYMANAGEMENTFEATURESarticle11463933990003475116000072-s2.0-84952054244