Preoperative embolization in surgical treatment of long bone metastasis: a systematic literature review

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Stijn E. W. Geraets¹  P. Koen Bos²  Johan van der Stok¹ 

[1] Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Centre Rotterdam;University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Department of Orthopaedics

关键词: bone metastases;    embolization;    long bones;    pathological fractures;    surgical treatment;   

DOI  :  10.1302/2058-5241.5.190013

学科分类：神经科学

来源: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery

【 摘 要 】

Due to constantly improving treatments that prolong the palliative phase of many different cancers, the incidence of bone metastases is increasing.1 Nowadays, over twothirds of patients receiving palliative care will develop bone metastases.2,3 These bone metastases cause clinical symptoms that require treatment in more than half of these patients.4 Clinical symptoms occurring due to long bone metastases include pain, with 10–25% of patients presenting with impending or actual pathological fractures.5 Those impending or actual pathological fractures regularly require surgical treatment in order to prevent or stabilize fractures.

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