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The femur is a common location for metastatic bone disease and is the most common long bone in which pathologic fractures occur. Specifically, the proximal femur is most often involved. Metastatic disease to the femur is often associated with significant pain both at rest and with activity, which often limits the mobility status and adversely affects quality of life of the affected individual. The general orthopedist will have an understanding of the importance of a systematic, individualized, and multi-disciplinary approach needed to appropriately treat these patients. The reader will become familiar with non-operative and operative treatment strategies and the indications for each.
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Price, S.L. (2016). Metastatic Bone Disease: Femur. In: Randall, R. (eds) Metastatic Bone Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5662-9_24
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