Plastic cylindrical cement mold in the treatment of long bone metastatic fractures

N. Cohen, S. Shemesh, Y. Kosashvili, S. Velkes

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Abstract

Presented here is a simple and practical surgical technique for creating a cement spacer in the cement-metal composite fixation of pathological fractures. This technique has been effectively used in several of our patients for fixation of pathological fractures due to metastatic disease of long bones.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)439-441
Number of pages3
JournalArchives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
Volume133
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cement mold
  • Long bones
  • Metastases
  • Pathologic fractures

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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