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Figure 22.  Blade plate that transfixes the humerus in a patient with a pathologic fracture from renal cell carcinoma metastasis. Frontal radiograph shows multiple metallic embolization coils and polymethylmethacrylate cement at the proximal humeral metaphyseal fracture site. A blade plate with multiple cortical screws and an additional low-contact DCP with screws that was placed intramedullary transfix the fracture site. Peripherally inserted vascular catheter overlies the medial upper arm.