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Complications and survival after surgical treatment of 214 metastatic lesions of the humerus

Rikard Wedin, Bjarne H Hansen, Minna Laitinen, Clement Trovik, Olga Zaikova, Peter Bergh, Anders Kalén, Gunnar Lausten, Fredrik Vult von Steyern, Anders Walloe, Johnny Østergaard Keller, Rüdiger J Weiss

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    Abstract

    The humerus is the second most common long-bone site of metastatic bone disease. We report complications, risk factors for failure, and survival of a large series of patients operated on for skeletal metastases of the humerus.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
    Volume21
    Issue number8
    Pages (from-to)1049-55
    Number of pages7
    ISSN1058-2746
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • Adult
    • Aged
    • Aged, 80 and over
    • Analysis of Variance
    • Bone Nails
    • Bone Neoplasms
    • Bone Plates
    • Cohort Studies
    • Confidence Intervals
    • Disease-Free Survival
    • Female
    • Fracture Fixation, Internal
    • Fractures, Spontaneous
    • Humans
    • Humeral Fractures
    • Humerus
    • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
    • Male
    • Middle Aged
    • Multivariate Analysis
    • Neoplasm Invasiveness
    • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
    • Neoplasm Staging
    • Postoperative Complications
    • Prognosis
    • Proportional Hazards Models
    • Prostheses and Implants
    • Registries
    • Reoperation
    • Retrospective Studies
    • Risk Assessment
    • Survival Analysis
    • Sweden

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