抄録
The aim of surgical treatment for metastatic bone tumors is not to cure the disease but rather to improve the quality of life by relieving pain and maintaining ambulatory function for as long as possible in the patient's remaining years.
Between 2005 and 2011, 7 patients with pathological fractures of the femur were treated surgically at our hospital. All of the patients were stabilized with intramedullary nailing. Two moribund patients did not undergo surgery. The patients who underwent surgical treatment of their pathologic fractures achieved better functional outcome and better pain control.
