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Intramedullary nailing has sufficient durability for metastatic femoral fractures

BACKGROUND: Surgical treatment options of femoral metastases include intramedullary nailing (IMN) and endoprosthetic reconstruction (EPR). Previous studies have demonstrated functional and oncological advantages of EPR over IMN. The purpose of this study was to (1) report the durability of IMN and (...

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Autores principales: Tanaka, Takaaki, Imanishi, Jungo, Charoenlap, Chris, Choong, Peter F. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26966046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-016-0836-2