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Table 1 Global characteristics

From: The IlluminOss® photodynamic bone stabilization system for pathological osteolyses and fractures of the humerus: indications, advantages and limits in a series of 12 patients at 24 months of minimum follow‐up

Population

12 patients (seven males and five females)

Average age

66 years old (min 51yo – max 77yo, SD 8.51)

Procedures

• 12 unilateral procedures

• One bilateral procedure

Diagnosis

• Multiple myeloma: 5 cases (one treated bilaterally);

• Lung cancer metastasis: 3 cases;

• Kidney cancer metastasis: 1 case;

• Breast cancer metastasis: 2 cases;

• Gastric cancer metastasis: 1 case

no solitary metastases were treated

Sites

• Proximal humerus: 7 cases whereof 2 extended to the middle third

• Middle third: 4 cases whereof one bilateral and 1 extended to the distal third;

• Distal third: 1 case