Surgical Oncology
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 343-349, December 2009

Endoprosthetic proximal femur replacement: Metastatic versus primary tumors

  • Benjamin K. Potter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, University of Miami School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL 33101, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Orthopaedics, Musculoskeletal Oncology Division, University of Miami Hospital, 1400 NW 12th Avenue, Rm 4036, Miami, FL 33136, USA. Tel.: +1 305 325 4581; fax: +1 305 325 3928.
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  • Vincent E. Chow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, University of Miami School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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  • Sheila C. Adams

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Avenue, MUW 320, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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  • G. Douglas Letson

      Affiliations

    • Sarcoma Department, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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  • H. Thomas Temple

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, University of Miami School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL 33101, USA

Accepted 28 August 2008.

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 Level of evidence: therapeutic study, level IV (case series; no or historical control group).

PII: S0960-7404(08)00086-8

doi:10.1016/j.suronc.2008.08.007

Surgical Oncology
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 343-349, December 2009