Abstract
With the use and of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and early diagnosis of bone tumours the survival of patients with bone cancer has significantly increased. This means that more patients are surviving the disease and therefore require lasting solutions for the limb reconstruction. Presently for these patients there are several possibilities following surgical removal of the cancer; one is to have an amputation, the second is to reconstruct the bone which is being removed at surgery using a massive allograft, and the third is to use a segmental implant to replace the diseased bone. This third option is often used in combination with a joint replacement. Combinations of implants together with allograft are becoming more popular. This chapter reviews the fixation of endoprosthetic implants used to treat bone cancers.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | European Surgical Orthopaedics and Traumatology |
| Subtitle of host publication | The EFORT Textbook |
| Editors | George Bentley |
| Publisher | Springer Heidelberg |
| Pages | 4119-4133 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783642347467 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783642347450 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 22 Apr 2014 |
Keywords
- Bone bridging
- Bone re-modelling around endoprostheses
- Bone tumours
- Compression fixation
- Endoproshesis
- Extra-cortical fixation
- Fixation and loosening
- Fixation of soft tissues to endoprostheses
