Surgical treatment of metastatic lesions of the long tubular bones

The results of surgical treatment of 12 patients with metastases in long tubular bones are presented. Palliative surgery-reaction of the heads of bones or removal of the entire long tubular bone with prosthetic replacement--was performed in all cases. All the patients went through the operation well and were discharged from hospital. Pain subsided in all cases and the patients make satisfactory use of the operated extremities. The average survival time by the data of this report was 10.6 months. No local recurrences after bone resections were registered. Due to palliative surgery for metastases into long tubular bones, the patients do not suffer from pain, are mobile and self dependent again. A long survival time may be expected in some cases (solitary metastases), when such palliative procedures are employed.