Open AccessLong-term competing risks for overall and cause-specific failure of rotating-hinge distal femoral arthroplasty for tumour reconstruction
Author(s) -
Koichi Ogura,
Tomohiro Fujiwara,
Carol D. Morris,
Patrick J. Boland,
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.103b8.bjj-2020-2323.r1
Subject(s) - medicine , prosthesis , surgery , fixation (population genetics) , implant failure , femur , implant , arthroplasty , amputation , population , environmental health
Rotating-hinge knee prostheses are commonly used to reconstruct the distal femur after resection of a tumour, despite the projected long-term burden of reoperation due to complications. Few studies have examined the factors that influence their failure and none, to our knowledge, have used competing risk models to do so. The purpose of this study was to determine the risk factors for failure of a rotating-hinge knee distal femoral arthroplasty using the Fine-Gray competing risk model.