Efficacy of different revision procedures for infected megaprostheses in musculoskeletal tumour surgery of the lower limb.

Efficacy of different revision procedures for infected megaprostheses in musculoskeletal tumour surgery of the lower limb.

PURPOSE:The incidence of recurrent infections in patients following one or two stage revision for infected megaprostheses after resection of bone tumours was investigated. The difference between retaining at least one well fixed stem and a complete removal of the megaprosthesis during a two stage re...

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Main Authors: Irene Katharina Sigmund, Jutta Gamper, Christine Weber, Johannes Holinka, Joannis Panotopoulos, Philipp Theodor Funovics, Reinhard Windhager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6033467?pdf=render

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