PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES

Pathological fractures are defined as fractures that occur in patients with weakened bone due to systemic and local diseases. If osteoporosi s is excluded,the frequency a mounts to 5% of all fractures treated. T he main diagnostic aim is to observe the pathological nature of the fr acture and to perform interdisciplinary, causal therapy. For this, dia gnostic and therapeutic algorithms are demonstrated,arranged according to osteopathies, constitution anomalies, myelogenous and inflammatory bone diseases, primary and secondary bone tumors and posttraumatic/po stoperative disorders. These algorithms should help the trauma and ort hopedic surgeon to select the proper conservative and operative therap y and to use all resection and reconstruction possibilities, such as o steosynthesis, alloarthroplasty and bone transplantation.