Accompanying Therapy in the Surgical Treatment of Pathological Fractures of the Long Bones and Chronic Fractures of the Trochanteric Region

Abstract

The article presents a study of palliative surgical treatment of patients with pathological fractures of the long bones and chronic trochanteric fractures. Those patients are not indicated for special oncological treatment. Therefore, the article does not provide staging of malignant neoplasms. The surgical treatment was aimed at improving the quality of life of palliative patients, and accompanying therapy in the form of the Altaicae extract adaptogen and the neutral anolyte led in our study to an increase in the effectiveness of surgical treatment of such a severe contingent of patients.INTRODUCTION According to domestic and foreign literature, the number of oncological diseases in young and old people is growing. There is a trend to neglecting the disease and late visits to doctors. Almost all types of cancer of various localization and other malignant tumors metastasize to the bones. An increase in the number of pathological (metastatic) fractures of the trochanteric region and the long bones was also noted. Surgical treatment of patients with such a severe type of fractures leads to an aggravation of the already existing immunodeficiency and, as a rule, creates the prerequisites for the occurrence of infectious complications in the postoperative period. The choice of a conservative method of treatment often does not justify itself as well, it leads to diagnostic and therapeutic errors, and in the future — to chronic pathological fractures.AIM To improve the effectiveness of surgical treatment and the quality of life of palliative patients with pathological (metastatic) fractures of the long bones and chronic trochanteric fractures using original authors’ accompanying therapy.MATERIAL AND METHODS 177 patients were examined and divided into two groups the main and the control groups. 72 patients were included in the main group, and 105 patients in the control group. There were 110 men and 67 women. The patient age ranged from 35 to 90 years. The main group received surgical treatment with the use of new accompanying therapy along with the basic one, and the control group received only surgical treatment and basic therapy.RESULTS In the main group patients with chronic pathological fractures of the trochanteric region, who underwent endoprosthetic replacement, osteosynthesis, a new method of surgical treatment of metastatic fractures of the long bones and the authors’ accompanying therapy, the effectiveness of surgical treatment increased significantly compared to the comparison group. As a result, most of the unwanted symptoms disappeared, time spent in hospital decreased, the psychoemotional status and immunity improved, the functional state of the body was optimized, and the quality of life improved.CONCLUSION The use of new accompanying therapy, the authors’ method of surgical treatment of patients with pathological (metastatic) fractures of the long bones, chronic fractures of the trochanteric region allows us to successfully and effectively operate on such severe patients and perform a fast track surgery program in the early postoperative period.