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Femoral metastatic fractures treated with intramedullary nailing

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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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 Entre 1993 et 1998, 49 patients présentant une fracture du fémur imminente ou complète à cause de métastases osseuses ont été traités avec des enclouages. 24 ont été traités avec des enclouages Gamma, et 32 avec des enclouages AO avec la lame spirale. Le résultat fonctionnel était bon dans les deux groupes sans différence de morbidité (P>0.05).

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Accepted: 28 January 2000

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Gibbons, C., Pope, S., Murphy, J. et al. Femoral metastatic fractures treated with intramedullary nailing. International Orthopaedics SICOT 24, 101–103 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640000114

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