Medium to Long-Term Results After Reconstruction of Bone Defects at the Knee With Tumor Endoprostheses
Medium to Long-Term Results After Reconstruction of Bone Defects at the Knee With Tumor Endoprostheses
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DOI:
10.1002/jso.21441
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发表时间:
2010-02-01
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2.5
通讯作者:
Heisel, C.
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作者:
Kinkel, S.;Lehner, B.;Heisel, C.
Background and Objectives: Limb salvage and reconstruction with tumor endoprostheses is considered as therapeutic standard in the treatment of bone defects at the knee. Few studies report long-term results so far.Methods: Seventy-seven patients who had a cementless or cemented MUTARS (R) endoprosthesis implanted were followed-up for a mean period of 46 months (3-128 months). The defects were due to primary tumor lesions in 69 cases or metastases in 8 cases. The distal femur (n=49) or the proximal tibia (n=28) was reconstructed predominantly with cementless implants (femur: 695, tibia: 92%). The resection of the tumor was intraarticular in 46 and extraarticular in 31 patients.Results: After 10 years probability of limb salvage was 92% with a recurrence rate of 3%. Complications were frequent with a revision rate of 58% and lead to a cumulative probability of survival of the initially implanted prosthesis of 57% after 5 years. Locking mechanism failure (n=15) and aseptic loosening (n=13) were the most frequent failure modes.Conclusions: Regardless of achieving a low recurrence rate and satisfactory functional results, we found a high complication rate after implantation of a megaprosthesis. This was particularly evident for extraarticular resections and cemented fixation, which should be avoided when possible. J. surg. Oncol. 2010:101:106-169. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.