title: Internal fixation of pathologic fractures. A retrospective study.
abstract: The records of 44 patients who underwent internal fixation for metastatic fractures between 1970 and 1989 were studied. Excluded were pathologic fractures involving the spine, pelvis, ribs and clavicles. None of the patients was still alive at the time of the study.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vander Borght
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Verdonk
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verstraeten
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Claessens
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary; D001860:Bone Plates; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies