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Table 3 Individual characteristics of included patients

From: Early experience with percutaneous photodynamic nails for sacral metastatic disease and insufficiency fractures: a retrospective cohort analysis of functionality and pain relief

N

Sex

Age

AA-CCI

Primary tumor

Ablation

Procedure type

Additional hardware

Operative time (min)

EBL (mL)

Reoperation

Post-operative complication

FU (months)

1

M

74

10

Prostate

Yes

Simple

Ā 

124

50

No

No

5.3

2

F

76

11

Melanoma

No

Complex

THA

315

300

No

No

44.6

3

F

57

4

Multiple myeloma

No

Simple

Ā 

87

50

No

No

38.1

4

M

73

10

Prostate

No

Complex

External fixator

361

500

No

No

37.4

5

M

62

5

Multiple myeloma

No

Simple

Ā 

284

150

No

No

3

6

M

72

10

Pharyngeal SCC

No

Simple

Ā 

187

800

No

No

14.4

7

F

69

9

Endometrioid adenocarcinoma

No

Complex

Spine rod

215

650

No

No

14.5

8

F

65

9

Breast

No

Complex

THA + periacetabular PDNs

425

350

No

No

15.1

9

M

73

12

RCC

No

Complex

Femur IMN

219

500

No

No

17

10

M

70

12

Hepatocellular

No

Complex

THA + periacetabular PDNs

435

900

No

No

15.6

11

F

57

9

Lung

No

Simple

Ā 

119

50

No

No

19.4

12

F

59

2

Thyroid

Yes

Complex

Periacetabular PDNs

174

50

No

No

10.6

13

F

68

9

Breast

No

Simple

Ā 

156

150

No

No

22.5

14

M

70

11

Thyroid

No

Simple

Ā 

98

25

No

No

33.5

  1. AA-CCI: age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index; EBL: estimated blood loss; FU: follow-up; IMN: intramedullary nail; PDN: photodynamic nail; RCC: renal cell carcinoma; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; THA: total hip arthroplasty