title: Pathological fractures in the proximal part of the femur treated by Zickel-nail fixation.
abstract: Twenty-one patients were treated with Zickel nail for neoplastic pathological fracture or impending pathological fracture: in the femoral neck in three, in the intertrochanteric region in three, and in the subtrochanteric region in fifteen. Nineteen patients were restored to bed-chain status by the third postoperative day, and twenty were able to walk. Failure of fixation did not occur and there were no infections.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001858:Bone Nails; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography