Surgical Management of Appendicular Skeletal Metastases in Thyroid Carcinoma

Table 1

Patient demographics.

Characteristic	Number (total 𝑛=41)
Gender
Female	22
Male	19
Age (years)
Mean	59
Range	12–82
Followup (months)
Median	60
Range	10–102
Surgery sites
Upper extremity (𝑛=16)
Scapula	1
Proximal humerus	5
Shaft humerus	4
Distal humerus	3
Radius	2
Metacarpal	1
Lower extremity (𝑛=25)
Acetabulum	8
Proximal femur	12
Shaft femur	4
Distal femur	1
Skeletal presentation stage
Solitary bone metastasis	12
Multiple bone metastases	29