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Metastatic disease is the number one cause of morbidity to cancer patients. The bone is a frequent site of metastatic disease. Surgery has the potential to improve function and quality of life through stabilisation or reconstruction. Communication between the treating surgeon and subspecialist colleagues is essential to optimise outcomes for patient care. The aim of palliative orthopaedic treatment is to alleviate pain and restore mobility and dignity to patients suffering with terminal cancer.

The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of Dr. Richard Beaver, Consultant, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Royal Perth Hospital, for the clinical cases and radiographs used in this chapter.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Wellington Street, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia

    Samuel Young MBBS(Hons) & René Zellweger FRACS, FACS

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Mount Gambier General Hospital, Flinders University—Rural Medical School, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

    Matthias W. Wichmann

  2. Discipline of Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Woodville, South Australia, Australia

    Guy Maddern

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Young, S., Zellweger, R. (2014). Orthopaedics. In: Wichmann, M., Maddern, G. (eds) Palliative Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53709-7_25

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