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Table 1 Patient characteristics for IMN

From: Intramedullary nailing has sufficient durability for metastatic femoral fractures

Characteristics

IMN

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 %)

  1. IMN intramedullary nailing