bone tumor
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Only studies reporting functional results and complications regarding megaprosthetic reconstruction of distal femur with short residual proximal femur following resection of bone tumor were included.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Studies in which reconstruction was performed in patients without short residual proximal femurs were excluded. Studies that performed reconstruction in patients with short residual proximal femurs and did not specify both functional results and complications were also excluded. (2) Only English- and Japanese-language literature was included, with no restriction on the year of publication.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| mechanical survival where the endpoint was set to implant removal for any reason | — |
Countries
Japan,Europe
Contacts
Nara Medical University Department of Orthopaedic Surgery