title: Metastatic involvement of the humerus: a retrospective study of 51 cases.
abstract: The authors performed a retrospective review of 53 patients with 56 completed or impending pathological fractures of the humerus. Sixteen cases were treated with a proximal and one with a distal humeral prosthesis, 38 with an intramedullary device with cement and one with plate fixation. Forty-eight patients with 51 humeral metastases were available to follow-up. No or only occasional pain was observed in 92% of the operated extremities and adequate postoperative function in 90%. No major complications occurred, except one rod migration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Jules Bordet Institute, Centre des Tumeurs de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1, rue Héger-Bordet, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gebhart
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dequanter
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vandeweyer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001858:Bone Nails; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006810:Humeral Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome