Internal fixation of pathologic fractures. A retrospective study.


Published online: Dec 30 1993

P Vander Borght, R Verdonk, F Verstraeten, and H Claessens.

University Hospital, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gent, Belgium.

Abstract

The records of 44 patients who underwent internal fixation for metastatic fractures between 1970 and 1989 were studied. Excluded were pathologic fractures involving the spine, pelvis, ribs and clavicles. None of the patients was still alive at the time of the study.

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