## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. Data from randomized, controlled trials of zoledronic acid were retrospectively analyzed to assess the effect of pathologic fractures on survival in patients with malignant bone disease. ## METHODS. A Cox regression model was used to estimate the effect of fractures (t
Management of pathologic fractures of long bones in malignant disease
โ Scribed by H. Krebs
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 406 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-3916
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