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. 2000 May;24(2):101–103. doi: 10.1007/s002640000114

Femoral metastatic fractures treated with intramedullary nailing

C E R Gibbons 1, S J Pope 1, J P Murphy 2, A J Hall 1
PMCID: PMC3620587  PMID: 10894380

Abstract 

Between 1993 and 1998, 49 consecutive patients with impending or complete pathological fractures of the femur due to metastatic bone disease were treated with intramedullary nailing. Twenty-four were treated with a long Gamma nail and 32 with an AO nail with a cephalomedullary spiral blade. Both implants gave a good functional result with relief of pain and improved mobility with no difference in morbidity between either group (P>0.05).

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Accepted: 28 January 2000


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