Mirel's score

Mirels' score is a tool useful in the management of bone tumors, by identifying those patients who would benefit from prophylactic fixation if they have a high enough risk of pathological fracture.

Scoring

A score of 1 to 3 is given for four criteria and summed together. A score greater than 8 suggests prophylactic internal fixation prior to irradiation.

Criteria [1]	Score
	1	2	3
Site	Upper limb	Lower limb	Peritrochanteric
Pain	Mild	Moderate	Functional
Lesion	Blastic	Mixed	Lytic
Size	<1⁄3	1⁄3-2⁄3	>2⁄3

References

1. Mirels, Hilton (1989). "Metastatic disease in long bones. A proposed scoring system for diagnosing impending pathologic fractures". Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 249 (249): 256–64. doi:10.1097/00003086-198912000-00027. PMID   2684463. Republished as: Mirels, Hilton (2003). "The Classic: Metastatic Disease in Long Bones a Proposed Scoring System for Diagnosing Impending Pathologic Fractures". Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 415 (415 Suppl): S4–13. doi:10.1097/01.blo.0000093045.56370.dd. PMID   14600587. S2CID   43255503.

Further reading

• Haidukewych, G. J. (2012). "Metastatic disease around the hip: Maintaining quality of life". Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 94 (11 Suppl A): 22–5. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.94B10.30509. PMID   23118375.
• Al-Ghamdi, Ahmed; Hings, Ingrid; Turcotte, Robert E (2009). "Management of long-bone metastases: A surgical perspective". Aging Health. 5 (3): 313–21. doi:10.2217/ahe.09.30.
• Ward, William G.; Spang, Jeff; Howe, David (2000). "Metastatic Disease of the Femur". Orthopedic Clinics of North America. 31 (4): 633–45. doi:10.1016/S0030-5898(05)70181-4. PMID   11043102.
• Brennan, David; Kelly, Michael E.; Nason, Gregory J.; Collins-Smyth, Coilin; McGuire, Barry B.; Lennon, Gerald M. (2013). "Tibial Metastasis from Muscle Invasive Bladder Carcinoma: An Unusual Site". Current Urology. 7 (3): 160–2. doi:10.1159/000343556. PMC   4024504 . PMID   24917780.
• Agarwal, Manishg; Nayak, Prakash (2015). "Management of skeletal metastases: An orthopaedic surgeon′s guide". Indian Journal of Orthopaedics. 49 (1): 83–100. doi: 10.4103/0019-5413.143915 . PMC   4292329 . PMID   25593359.
• Gerrand, Craig H.; Rankin, Kenneth (2014). "Metastatic Disease in Long Bones. A Proposed Scoring System for Diagnosing Impending Pathologic Fractures". In Banaszkiewicz, Paul; Kader, Deiary F. (eds.). Classic Papers in Orthopaedics. pp. 479–80. doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-5451-8_123. ISBN   978-1-4471-5450-1.

External links

• Orthobullets