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Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 3/2013

01-03-2013 | Editor's Spotlight/Take 5

Editor’s Spotlight/Take 5: Prophylactic Stabilization for Bone Metastases, Myeloma, or Lymphoma: Do We Need to Protect the Entire Bone? (DOI 10.1007/s11999-012-2656-1)

Author: Seth S. Leopold, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 3/2013

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It is almost axiomatic, and widely considered the standard of care, that prophylactic stabilization of a long bone include the entire bone in the setting of metastatic bone disease. Many of these patients have life expectancies measured in months, and the thought that a patient could come back after a major procedure like preventative internal fixation with a pathological fracture distal to the fixation device is a risk that many surgeons just do not want to take. …
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Title
Editor’s Spotlight/Take 5: Prophylactic Stabilization for Bone Metastases, Myeloma, or Lymphoma: Do We Need to Protect the Entire Bone? (DOI 10.1007/s11999-012-2656-1)
Author
Seth S. Leopold, MD
Publication date
01-03-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-012-2714-8

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