The Importance of Awaiting Biopsy Results in Solitary Pathological Proximal Femoral Fractures : Do We Need to Biopsy Solitary Pathological Fractures?
Floortje G M VerspoorGerjon HanninkMichael ParryLee JeysJonathan Daniel StevensonPublished in: Annals of surgical oncology (2023)
This study confirms the importance of a preoperative biopsy in solitary pathological proximal femoral fractures due to the risk of sarcoma in patients with and without a history of cancer. However, biopsy delays the time to definite surgery, results can be inconclusive or false, and it risks completion of impending fractures.