Publications by authors named "Rafael Bazilio Aguilar"
Objective: To assess the early complications in the orthopedic treatment of metastatic bone lesions and the factors associated with these complications.
Method: There were assessed, retrospectively, 64 patients that underwent surgical treatment for bone metastases, analyzing the complications that occurred in the pre-operative and early post- operative period and associating them with the tumor origin, type of procedure done, the need of blood reposition before the surgery, the need of new surgical procedures and the mortality due to the complications.
Results: Early complications in the treatment were observed in 17 (26.