Table 1 Patient demographics
Description | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|
No. of patients (male:female) | 112 (45:67) | ||
No. of femurs | 117 (5 bilateral cases) | ||
Age of surgery | 65.5 (54.3–71.8) | ||
ASA status (1 and 2:3 and 4) | 51:61 | ||
CCI (0:≥ 1) | 71:41 | ||
Albumin | 32 (28–36) | ||
Haemoglobin (Hb) | 11.5 (10.2–12.9) | ||
Site of primary tumour | Breast | 33 | (30%) |
Prostate | 10 | (9%) | |
Lung | 29 | (26%) | |
Renal | 10 | (9%) | |
Others | 30 | (27%) | |
Presence of visceral metastases (yes:no) | 65:47 | ||
Presence of spinal metastases (yes:no) | 82:30 | ||
Time of diagnosis of cancer to incidence of pathological fracture (months) | 14 (2–48) | ||
Pathology (Actual fracture:impending fracture) | 61:51 | ||
Site of fracture/lesion | Neck of femur | 37 | |
Intertrochanteric | 20 | ||
Subtrochanteric | 27 | ||
Shaft/distal femur | 33 | ||
Type of surgical procedure | Bipolar hemiarthroplasty | 27 | |
Intramedullary nail | 79 | ||
Plate and screws | 11 | ||