Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Summary of the management protocol proposed by Capanna and Campanacci [4]
From: Modular prostheses in the treatment of proximal humerus metastases: review of 40 cases
Class | Description |
|---|---|
1 | Solitary metastatic lesion Primary tumor with good prognosis Interval over 3 years since detection of the primary tumor |
2 | Pathological fracture at any site |
3 | Impending fracture in a major long bone |
4 | Osteoblastic lesions at all sites Osteolytic or mixed lesions in non-structural bones (fibula, rib, sternum, clavicle) Osteololytic lesion with no impending fracture |