A Clinical Study on Pathologic Fractures / 대한정형외과학회잡지

ABSTRACT

Pathologic fracture occurs in a bone with preexisting stuctual weakness. The author reviewed 30 cases of pathologic fractures in which admission record and X-ray finding was well preserved among 53 cases admitted patients in the department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National Universty Hospital for 10 years from 1967. The results were as follows 1.Age & Sex incidence showed even distribution. 2. The most frequent involved site was femur (40%) 3. The underlying etiology was as follows 2 chronic osteomyelitis 1 homophilia 7 benign tumor 20 malignant tumor 4. metastatic tumor was the most frequent cause in 30 cases. 5. Treatment was as follows Conservative treatment 4 cases Surgery 21 cases.