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Table 3 Complications

From: Outcome of surgical management of bony metastases to the humerus and shoulder girdle: a retrospective analysis of 93 patients

Operation

Complication

n

Operation

Complication

n

 

Nerve palsy

3

 

Fat embolus

1

 

Wound infection

1

Plate fixation

n

4

 

Nerve palsy

2

 

Fat embolus

1

 

Plate loosening

1

Resection alone

n

1

 

Wound infection

1

Proximal humeral resection

n

5

 

Intraoperative bleeding

1

 

Myocardial infarct

1

 

Stitch abscess

1

 

High riding prosthesis

1

 

Proximal migration of prosthesis

1

Distal humeral resection

n

1

 

Nerve palsy

1