Table 1 Patients and treatment characteristics
Variable | No. [%] |
|---|---|
Operations | 66 |
Patients | 63 |
Male | 33 [52] |
Female | 30 [48] |
Mean age (years) | 62.3 (SD, 10.7; range, 39-82) |
Primary tumor | |
Lung cancer | 18 [29] |
Myeloma | 18 [29] |
Renal carcinoma | 11 [17] |
Breast cancer | 4 [6] |
Thyroid | 2 [3] |
Others | 10 [16] |
Karnofsky score | 68.9 (range, 30–90) |
Mirel’s score | 8.4 (range, 8–9) |
Skeletal metastasis | |
Solitary | 22 [35] |
Multiple | 41 [65] |
Type of fracture | |
Complete | 40 [61] |
Impending | 26 [39] |
Accompanied soft tissue mass | |
Yes | 29 [44] |
No | 37 [56] |
Visceral metastases | |
Yes | 17 [27] |
No | 46 [73] |
Surgery | |
IMN | 16 [24] |
PF | 33 [50] |
Prosthesis | 17 [26] |