Orthopaedic aspects of Paget's disease.
Surgery may be indicated in the management of a patient with Paget's disease for a variety of reasons. These include diagnostic biopsy, correction of deformity of long bones and the treatment of fractures, secondary osteoarthritis and secondary tumours.
D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000209:etiology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000209:etiology; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000209:etiology; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000209:etiology; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000150:complications*; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000209:etiology; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000209:etiology; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000209:etiology