Table 2 Surgical treatments and outcomes
From: Rare clinical experiences for surgical treatment of melanoma with osseous metastases in Taiwan
Patient age (years) | Sex | Surgical treatment | Therapy | Time (months) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diagnosis to bone metastases | Diagnosis to death | Bone metastases to death | ||||
45 | F | Wide excision | Radiotherapy | 1.77 | 7.44 | 5.67 |
72 | M | Posterior laminectomy for decompression, vertebroplasty with PMMA cement, posterior instrumentation | Radiotherapy, chemotherapy, IL-2 | 16 | 17.27 | 1.27 |
64 | M | Below-knee amputation | Radiotherapy, BCG, chemotherapy | 14.00 | 18.27 | 4.27 |
79 | M | Wide excision, transposition flap, lymph node dissection | Radiotherapy | 15.90 | 21.87 | 5.97 |
62 | M | Wide excision | None | 0.70 | 16.40 | 15.70 |
67 | F | Wide excision, groin dissection, ORIF with Küntscher nailing and cement augmentation | Radiotherapy | 37.80 | 38.97 | 1.17 |
70 | F | ORIF with CHS and bone cement augmentation | Chemotherapy | 8.87 | 13.67 | 4.80 |
67 | M | Below-knee amputation | Chemotherapy | 3.57 | 7.77 | 4.20 |
39 | F | Ray amputation | Interferon and tamoxifen | 6.20 | 7.30 | 1.10 |
74 | F | Above-knee amputation | Chemotherapy | 2.43 | 10.76 | 8.33 |
51 | M | None* | Chemotherapy | 0.00 | 9.87 | 9.87 |