During a period of 5 years, 74 female and 27 male @entity1 with an average age of 63.3 years underwent a total of 117 operations for the management of impending ( n=41) or already existing ( n=76) @entity174 due to osseous @entity3 . The average stay in hospital was 17.8 days, and the average postoperative survival 15.8 months. The @entity1 whose limbs were stabilized as a preventive measure were discharged 1.5 days earlier and survived surgery 5.9 months longer than the @entity1 with @entity174 . The large percentage of female @entity1 is due to the predominant role of mammary @entity5 (50%) and the comparatively long survival of @entity1 after a primary diagnosis of this type of @entity189 . The other diagnoses involved were (in order of frequency): @entity153 (11%), @entity1358 (8%) and @entity1893 (8%). The @entity3 were mainly located at the proximal end or shaft of the femur (59.8%) and in the humerus (18.8%) so that in the majority of cases it was possible to implant weight-bearing prostheses or at least achieve enough stability to allow non-weight-bearing physiotherapy and thus early remobilization. The rate of systemic complications (excluding fatalities) was 14.5%. Local complications in the operated area occurred in 24.8% of cases. As a result, revision surgery was necessary in 10 cases (8.5%), and the fatality rate in hospital (6 weeks) was 7.9%. In view of the advanced stage of the disease in most of the @entity1 , some of them with polypathia, we see these results as a basis for the generous indication for preventive stabilization of osseous @entity3 . Except in some cases, the primary intention of this therapy is not to cure the disease or prolong life but to improve the quality of life remaining for these @entity1 while keeping their stay in hospital as short as possible and the rate of complications at an acceptable level.

Surgery of skeletal XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['pathologic fractures'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity189 :: ('MESH:D002277', 'Disease') :: ['carcinoma'] @entity1358 :: ('MESH:D002292', 'Disease') :: ['hypernephroma'] @entity153 :: ('MESH:D002283', 'Disease') :: ['bronchial carcinoma'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastases'] @entity1893 :: ('MESH:D008228', 'Disease') :: ["non-Hodgkin's lymphoma"]
@entity3 :: (MESH:D009362,Disease) :: ['metastases']
