Resection and Zickel device fixation for metastatic tumor.

In 2 cases of impending pathologic fracture of the proximal femur, the treatment was resection of the metastatic site. The diagnoses were metastatic pheochromocytoma and metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Successful stabilization in th proximal femur was achieved with the Zickel device, wire mesh, and methylmethacrylate.