From: Intramedullary nailing has sufficient durability for metastatic femoral fractures
Characteristics | IMN |
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Number of patients | 75 (37 males/38 females) |
Number of cases | 80 (38 males/42 females) |
Average ages (year) | 60.1 (range, 20–80) |
Average follow up (months) | 11.4 (range, 1–77) |
Fracture pattern | |
Impending | 66 (82.5 %) |
Survival (<6 months/>6 months) | 35 (53 %)/31 (47 %) |
Pathological | 14 (17.5 %) |
Survival (<6 months/>6 months) | 6 (42.9 %)/8 (57.1 %) |
Number of metastases | |
Solitary | 6 (7.5 %) |
Survival (<6 months/>6 months) | 1 (16.7 %)/5 (83.3 %) |
Multiple | 74 (92.5 %) |
Survival (<6 months/>6 months) | 40 (54.1 %)/34 (45.9 %) |
Site of metastasis | |
Head/neck | 0 (0 %) |
Intertrochanteric | 8 (10 %) |
Subtrochanteric | 46 (57.5 %) |
Diaphysis | 26 (32.5 %) |
Primary tumor | |
Lung | 24 (32.0 %) |
Breast | 18 (24.0 %) |
Melanoma | 11 (14.7 %) |
Renal | 5 (6.7 %) |
Prostate | 5 (6.7 %) |
Unknown | 4 (5.3 %) |
Others | 8 (10.6 %) |
Radiotherapy | |
Yes | 74 (92.5 %) |
No | 6 (7.5 %) |