Surgical Treatment of Metastatic Fractures of the Femur: A Retrospective Analysis of 142 Patients

Abstract

Although many studies describe the endoprosthetic replacement as the safer method to treat pathologic femur fractures, our data showed that intramedullary stabilization and endoprosthetic replacement to be safe, and equivalent alternatives to treat complete pathologic fractures of the femur in patients with advanced metastatic disease.