CORR Insights®: What Are the Functional Results and Complications With Long Stem Hemiarthroplasty in Patients With Metastases to the Proximal Femur?

The author opines on the research "What Are the Functional Results and Complications With Long Stem Hemiarthroplasty in Patients With Metastases to the Proximal Femur?" Topics discussed include pain, morbidity, and premature death in pathologic fracture of proximal femur; importance of intermediate-length or long-stem arthroplasty prostheses; and quality analysis of the functional outcomes and complications associated with long-stem cemented hemiarthroplasty.