Open AccessInterlocking reconstruction-mode stem-sideplates preserve at-risk hips with short residual proximal femora
Author(s) -
Alexander B. Christ,
Tomohiro Fujiwara,
Mohamed A. Yakoub,
John H. Healey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the bone and joint journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.587
H-Index - 181
eISSN - 2049-4408
pISSN - 2049-4394
DOI - 10.1302/0301-620x.103b2.bjj-2020-0654.r1
Subject(s) - medicine , implant , surgery , femur , fixation (population genetics) , radiography , greater trochanter , population , environmental health
We have evaluated the survivorship, outcomes, and failures of an interlocking, reconstruction-mode stem-sideplate implant used to preserve the native hip joint and achieve proximal fixation when there is little residual femur during large endoprosthetic reconstruction of the distal femur.