Predicting Fracture Risk in Patients with Metastatic Bone Disease of the Femur: A Pictorial Review Using Three Different Techniques

<div>True positive (CTRA+/Fx+) (Case 1, R femur). (a) This is a 68-year-old female with metastatic breast cancer showing an osteolytic lesion in the right femoral diaphysis on X-ray imaging, (b) who, while moving from the CT scanner, fractured her right femur. (c) CTRA and FEA analysis both predicted fracture in this patient. (d) She was admitted and taken for surgical fixation of the right femur.</div>

Advances in Orthopedics

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Figure 2: Predicting Fracture Risk in Patients with Metastatic Bone Disease of the Femur: A Pictorial Review Using Three Different Techniques 