J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1977 Sep;12(3):439-445. 10.4055/jkoa.1977.12.3.439.

A Clinical Study on Pathologic Fractures

• Lee HK
• Choi JS
• Sung SC

• KMID: 2461792
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1977.12.3.439

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.

MeSH Terms

Clinical Study*
Femur
Fractures, Spontaneous*
Humans
Incidence
Osteomyelitis
Seoul