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- Title
Secondary pathologic fractures in osteosarcoma: prognosis and evolution.
- Authors
VERMESAN, D.; VERMESAN, H.; DRAGULESCU, S. I.; BERA, I.; DI GIOVANNI, A.; SABATINI, R.; SANTACROCE, L.; BOTTALICO, L.; FLACE, P.; CAGIANO, R.
- Abstract
Secondary or pathologic fractures, associated with osteosarcoma, have been considered for a long time a negative prognosis regarding its evolution in the patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic importance of such pathologic fractures in osteosarcoma patients receiving new therapies as well as the best conditions for surgery aiming at "limbs salvage". On a total of 22 patients affected by osteosarcoma, we performed a retrospective study with 12 patients showing pathologic fractures caused by osteosarcoma and 10 patients without any pathologic fracture. The patients enrolled into Timisoara University Hospital have been followed up along 5 years or until a reappearance of either the disease or metastases, distant or local.
- Subjects
TIMISOARA (Romania); ROMANIA; SPONTANEOUS fractures; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROGNOSIS; METASTASIS
- Publication
European Review for Medical & Pharmacological Sciences, 2009, Vol 13, Issue 2, p71
- ISSN
1128-3602
- Publication type
Article