title: Femoral metastatic fractures treated with intramedullary nailing.
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).
authors.affiliation: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, London, UK.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Gibbons
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005594:Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography