Distal femoral replacement by custom-made prostheses. Clinical follow-up and survivorship analysis

Autor: John T. Scales, J. N. Wilson, H B Kemp, C. F. Bradish
Rok vydání: 1987
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Zdroj: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume. :276-284
ISSN: 2044-5377
0301-620X
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.69b2.3818760
Popis: We report the long-term clinical follow-up and survivorship analysis of 40 distal femoral replacements performed between 1964 and 1980 for traumatic, locally aggressive and malignant conditions. Custom-made prostheses with fully-constrained knee joints were used to replace a mean of 42% of the length of the femur. Survivorship analysis showed a cumulative success rate of 80% at eight years, with no subsequent deterioration at 18 years. Clinical assessment revealed 78% excellent or good results. Failure was due to infection in three cases, and in two to fracture of a now-outmoded femoral stem.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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