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11011778

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
The senior author has used 41 femoral recon nails of one design in 41 consecutive patients with 30 impending and 11 pathologic femur fractures. All nails were inserted with minimally invasive surgical technique. The hospital stay was shorter (average, 5.6 days) and discharge to home was more likely (77%) after stabilization of impending pathologic fractures compared with fixation of completed fractures (length of hospital stay averaged 7.8 days, with a 36% discharge-to-home rate), as patients with completed fractures required a higher level of postoperative care. Fixation prior to fracture occurrence results in predictably better early results than that of fixation after fracture occurrence, confirming the benefit of prophylactic fixation of impending pathologic fractures. To date, there have been no fixation failures and only one significant complication: a nonfatal pulmonary embolus. This technique provides a safe and effective method of stabilizing properly selected femoral lesions resulting from metastatic disease, especially impending pathologic fractures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1078-4519
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
34-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-1-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Femoral recon nails for metastatic disease: indications, technique, and results.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study