Incidence of surgical interventions for metastatic bone disease in the extremities: a population-based cohort study.

Background: The incidence of surgery due to metastatic bone disease in the extremities (MBDex) and postoperative survival remain uninvestigated in the population. The aim of the current study was: to identify (1) incidence, demographics and survival of a population-based cohort of patients having surgery for MBDex (2) rate of referrals and referral pattern to a musculoskeletal tumour centre (MTC).

Material And Method: A prospective study of a consecutive population-based cohort of patients having surgery for MBDex from 2014 to 2016.