title: Locked nailing for metastatic disease of the long bones.
abstract: Material and methods. Between 1996 and 2002, a total of 21 patients were treated with intamedullary nailing for metastatic tumors (12 men and 9 women) without view of pathological fractures. Average patients age at operation was 68,9 (range 21-80). The primary origin of metastatic tumors was: renal cancer most common 6 times, breast cancer 5, lung cancer 4, prostate cancer 2, cervical cancer 1. We included 3 patients with lymphoma to clinical materials. The humerus was involved in 13 cases, femur 7, tibia 1 of metastatic tumors. <br /> Results. The time of patients life from the operation time depended on the type of neoplasm: breast - 5 months, kidney - 5 months, lung - 3 months, prostate - 16,5 months, myeloma - 16 months, uterus - 6 months. The mean was 7,5 months.<br /> Conclusions. The average postoperative survival period was 7,5 months. There were no embolism or thrombosis complications. All patients were given professional oncological advice and were treated palliatively.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Chirurgii Ortopedycznej i Urazów Narzadu Ruchu, Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Wojewódzki, Gorzów Wielkopolski.
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wasilewski
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Konaszczuk
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chrobrowski
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szmania