title: Palliative surgery of metastatic bone disease: a review of 83 cases.
abstract: Of a total of 83 patients with metastatic bone disease, surgery was performed in 17 cases at the prefracture stage, in 54 cases after complete fracture and in 10 cases to decompress the spinal cord. Positive short-term results were obtained in 75% of cases. 7 patients presented mild complications. In 2 cases, the patients had to be reoperated. 55% of the patients were still alive after 6 months, 31% after 12 months and 10% after 2 years.
authors.affiliation: II Divisione Ortopedia A, Ponti, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bono
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cazzaniga
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pini
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zurrida
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spagnolo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Torelli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Corona
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bono
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012086:Reoperation