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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...
Autores principales: | Divekar, Omkaar, Ajayi, Bisola, Barkham, Ben, Bernard, Jason, Bishop, Tim, Reyal, Yasmin, Willis, Fenella, Boyd, Kevin, Lui, Darren, Coomber, Ross |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2023
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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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