The value of internal fixation and radiotherapy in the management of upper and lower limb bone metastases
1992
Abstract Fifty-four consecutive patients underwent 61 orthopaedic operations for metastatic bone disease affecting the upper and lower limbs. These patients were subsequently managed using a consistent postoperative radiotherapy (RT) policy. There were 27 prophylactic internal fixations and 34 internal fixations of pathological fractures. There was a marked difference in survival between these groups. The median postoperative survival of the prophylactic (P) group was 15 months whereas that of the fracture (F) group was 2 months ( P P P
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