Open AccessHow Often Does Spindle Failure Occur in Compressive Osseointegration Endoprostheses for Oncologic Reconstruction?
Author(s) -
Lauren H. Goldman,
Lee Jae Morse,
Richard J. O’Donnell,
Rosanna Wustrack
Publication year - 2016
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/s11999-016-4839-7
Subject(s) - medicine , osseointegration , femur , surgery , perioperative , prosthesis , implant
Compressive osseointegration is a promising modality for limb salvage in distal femoral oncologic tumors. However, few studies have explored short-term survival rates in a large patient cohort of distal femur compressive endoprostheses or highlighted the risk factors for spindle failures.