Current concepts in the surgical treatment of skeletal metastases

Figure 1 Multiple bone metastases in the femur of a patient with an estimated survival of 4 mo. Intramedullary nailing with a long intramedullary nail. The patient was able to mobilize immediately and there were no re-operations.

Figure 2 Solitary osteolytic lung cancer metastasis. A: Solitary osteolytic lung cancer metastasis of the trochanteric region of the left femur in a 63-year-old female, with expected survival of approximately 1 year; B: Curettage of the lesion and reconstruction with a cemented hemiarthroplasty.