Key result
Endoprosthetic treatment of primary bone sarcomas with pathological fractures results in comparable survival rates to amputation while providing a cosmetically and functionally superior limb.
Why the study?
Does endoprosthetic treatment provide comparable survival and superior functional outcomes compared to amputation in patients with primary bone sarcomas with pathological fractures?
Does endoprosthetic treatment provide comparable survival and superior functional outcomes compared to amputation in patients with primary bone sarcomas with pathological fractures?
Endoprosthetic treatment offers a functionally and cosmetically superior alternative to amputation for primary bone sarcomas with pathological fractures, without compromising survival.
Materials and methodsWe performed a retrospective review of a series of six patients referred to our unit with pathological fractures from 2009 to 2014.The patients were admitted and treated with bed rest and skin traction until fracture union.Skeletal traction was avoided to minimise septic complications.
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Hilton et al. (2016) studied this question. Endoprosthetic treatment of primary bone sarcomas with pathological fractures results in comparable survival rates to amputation while providing a cosmetically and functionally superior limb.
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