title: Surgical treatment of pathologic fracture of the femur.
abstract: A retrospective study of the surgical treatment of 32 metastatic lesions of the femur in 30 patients at the Kaohsiung Medical College Hospital was performed from 1987 to 1994. There were 16 women and 14 men with an average age of 61 years. A surgical technique combining internal fixation or prosthesis and methylmethacrylate cement was used in all cases. Adequate pain relief was achieved in thirty-one cases (97 %). Of the entire group, 20 cases (62%) remained ambulatory, 10 cases (31%) were confined to a wheelchair, only two cases had implant failure and one suffered from infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chien
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate