Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study patients at first surgery

	No.
Patients	306
1 operation	258 (84%)
2 operations	44 (15%)
3 operations	4 (1%)
Median age	72 (49–94)
Age group
< 60 years	27 (9%)
60–69 years	90 (29%)
> 70 years	189 (62%)
Metastases
Single skeletal	20 (7%)
Multiple skeletal	224 (73%)
Generalized	62 (20%)
Pathological fractures
Spinal
Yes	80 (45%)
No	96 (55%)
Non-spinal
Yes	123 (95%)
No	7 (5%)