Chemotherapy May Obviate Prophylactic Femoral Nail Surgery for Multiple Myeloma Patients With High Mirels’ Score Lesions and Impending Pathological Hip Fracture

Bone involvement presents in >80% of patients with multiple myeloma. This causes lytic lesions for which prophylactic surgery is indicated to prevent pathological fractures if the lesion is graded ≥9/12 on Mirels’ score. Although successful, these surgeries have risks and extended recovery period...

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Autores principales: Divekar, Omkaar, Ajayi, Bisola, Barkham, Ben, Bernard, Jason, Bishop, Tim, Reyal, Yasmin, Willis, Fenella, Boyd, Kevin, Lui, Darren, Coomber, Ross
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10189663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37206489
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37670

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10189663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37206489
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37670

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