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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 91-B, Issue 11, 1505-1512.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B11.21864  
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Survival of patients with skeletal metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma after surgical management

H. S. Cho, MD, Assistant Professor1; J. H. Oh, MD, Associate Professor2; I. Han, MD, Assistant Professor2; and H.-S. Kim, MD, Associate Professor2

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Kyungpook, National University College of Medicine, 200 Dongduk-Ro Jung-Gu, Daegu, Korea.
2 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101, Daehang-Ro Jongno-Gu, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr H.-S. Kim; e-mail: mdchs111{at}snu.ac.kr

Skeletal metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma are highly destructive vascular lesions which severely reduce the quality of life. Pre-existing liver cirrhosis presents unique challenges during the surgical management of such lesions. We carried out a retrospective study of 42 patients who had been managed surgically for skeletal metastases from hepatocellular carcinoma affecting the appendicular skeleton between January 2000 and December 2006. There were 38 men and four women with a mean age of 60.2 years (46 to 77). Surgery for a pathological fracture was undertaken in 30 patients and because of a high risk of fracture in 12. An intralesional surgical margin was achieved in 36 and a wide margin in six. Factors influencing survival were determined by univariate and multivariate analyses.

The survival rates at one, two and three years after surgery were 42.2%, 25.8% and 19.8%, respectively. The median survival time was ten months (95% confidence interval 6.29 to 13.71). The number of skeletal metastases and the Child-Pugh grade were identified as independent prognostic factors by Cox regression analysis. The method of management of the hepatocellular carcinoma, its status in the liver, the surgical margin for skeletal metastases, the presence of a pathological fracture and adjuvant radiotherapy were not found to be significantly related to the survival of the patient, which was affected by hepatic function, as represented by the Child-Pugh grade.






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