Open AccessDoes Total Humeral Endoprosthetic Replacement Provide Reliable Reconstruction With Preservation of a Useful Extremity?
Author(s) -
Hazem Wafa,
Krishna Reddy,
R. J. Grimer,
A. Abudu,
Lee Jeys,
Simon Carter,
R. M. Tillman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1007/s11999-014-3635-5
Subject(s) - medicine , humerus , surgery , orthopedic surgery
Controversy exists regarding the ideal method of reconstruction after proximal humeral resection and several reconstructive techniques have been reported. The reconstructive options are very limited when resection of the entire humerus is required. One option is endoprosthetic reconstruction, but there have been few published studies on the outcome of total humeral endoprosthetic reconstruction.