Modular Total Femur Replacement for Staged Total Femur Replacement
| Autor: | D Ashley R Watson, Tat Woon Chao, Alexander W.R. Burns, Varsha Sivalingam, Yi Deng |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Novel technique
musculoskeletal diseases Orthopedic surgery medicine.medical_specialty Prosthetic joint infection business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Cement spacer Modular design Arthroplasty Surgery Revision hip replacement medicine Revision knee replacement Operative time Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Femur Surgical Technique business RD701-811 Total femur replacement |
| Zdroj: | Arthroplasty Today, Vol 11, Iss, Pp 163-167 (2021) Arthroplasty Today |
| ISSN: | 2352-3441 |
| Popis: | As the numbers of arthroplasties performed worldwide increase, so do complications such as prosthetic joint infection. Cases that require a two-stage revision of a total femur replacement in the femur pose an ongoing challenge to the modern orthopedic surgeon. Unlike antibiotic spacers in hip and knee arthroplasty, there lacks a commercially available cement spacer for use in total femur replacements. We describe a novel technique for the intraoperative fabrication of a total femur spacer which uses modular components. As such, our technique is unique as it is modular and, therefore, highly customisable to each individual patient. Individual components can be made by different members of the team simultaneously and then assembled to make the final construct, thereby minimizing operative time. Furthermore, the inherent stability of the spacer allows immediate partial weightbearing and functional rehabilitation while patients are waiting for their second-stage procedure. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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