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Does surgical technique influence the burden of lung metastases in patients with pathologic long bone fractures?

BACKGROUND: The aims of this study are to (1) determine whether fixation of metastatic long bone fractures with an intramedullary nail (IMN) influences the incidence of lung metastasis in comparison to arthroplasty or ORIF (Arthro/ORIF); and (2) assess this relationship in primary tumor types; and (...

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Autores principales: Kendal, Joseph K., Heard, Bryan J., Abbott, Annalise G., Moorman, Scott W., Saini, Raghav, Puloski, Shannon K. T., Monument, Michael J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8802478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35101024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05067-5