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Table 3 Postoperative fatal complications within 14 days

From: Intramedullary nailing has sufficient durability for metastatic femoral fractures

Case No.

Age, sex

Primary cancer

Fx pattern

Fx site

Time to death (days)

Treatment

1

78, M

Melanoma

Impending

Proximal shaft

7

Palliative therapy

Multiple metastases: lung, liver, adrenal, and bones

Mirels’ score 10, severe femoral pain

Cause of death: respiratory complication

2

69, M

Prostate

Pathological

Subtrochanteric

3

Multiple metastases: lung and bones

Pathological fracture managed with IMN insertion

Cause of death: heart dysfunction and respiratory complication

3

48, F

Lung

Impending

Proximal shaft

12

Palliative therapy

Multiple metastases: brain and bones

Mirels score 10, severe femoral pain

Cause of death: respiratory complications

  1. M male, F female, Fx fracture, IMN intramedullary nailing