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An Intramedullary Locking Nail for Standardized Fixation of Femur Osteotomies to Analyze Normal and Defective Bone Healing in Mice
Published on: November 13, 2016
Locked nailing for metastatic disease of the long bones
Andrzej Wasilewski1, Tomasz Konaszczuk, Krzysztof Chrobrowski
1Oddział Chirurgii Ortopedycznej i Urazów Narzadu Ruchu, Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Wojewódzki, Gorzów Wielkopolski.
Abstract:
Material and methods. Between 1996 and 2002, a total of 21 patients were treated with intamedullary nailing for metastatic tumors (12 men and 9 women) without view of pathological fractures. Average patients age at operation was 68,9 (range 21-80). The primary origin of metastatic tumors was: renal cancer most common 6 times, breast cancer 5, lung cancer 4, prostate cancer 2, cervical cancer 1. We included 3 patients with lymphoma to clinical materials. The humerus was involved in 13 cases, femur 7, tibia 1 of metastatic tumors.
Results. The time of patients life from the operation time depended on the type of neoplasm: breast - 5 months, kidney - 5 months, lung - 3 months, prostate - 16,5 months, myeloma - 16 months, uterus - 6 months. The mean was 7,5 months.
Conclusions. The average postoperative survival period was 7,5 months. There were no embolism or thrombosis complications. All patients were given professional oncological advice and were treated palliatively.
