The CLOS MB intramedullary nail for the treatment of pathological femoral shaft lesions.

Advances in systemic and radiation therapy have led to considerable improvement in the prognosis of patients with metastatic disease. As a result, orthopedic surgeons are being asked with increasing frequency to evaluate and treat the manifestations of skeletal metastases. Intramedullary nailing is a valuable technique for stabilizing (impending) pathological femoral fractures or osteolytic lesions.