Open AccessUse of irradiated autologous bone in joint sparing endoprosthetic femoral replacement tumor surgery
Author(s) -
Sridhar Vijayan,
Will Bartlett,
Robert Lee,
Peter Ostler,
Gordon Blunn,
Stephen R. Can,
Timothy Briggs
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.77137
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , orthopedic surgery
Joint preservation is usually attempted in cases of bone tumors, though insufficient bone following tumour resection may prevent fixation of conventional joint sparing prosthesis. To preserve the hip joint in skeletally immature patients, we have combined autologous proximal femoral irradiation and intercalary re-implantation with custom made distal femoral replacements.