TY - JOUR
T1 - Segmental replacement of long bones using titanium fiber metal composite following tumor resection
AU - Kuo, K. N.
AU - Gitelis, Steven H.
AU - Sim, Franklin H.
AU - Pritchard, Douglas J.
AU - Chao, Edmund Yee Su S.
AU - Rostoker, William R.
AU - Galante, Jorge O.
AU - McDonald, P.
PY - 1983/6
Y1 - 1983/6
N2 - A series of 17 long bone defects following tumor resections were reconstructed using titanium fiber metal implants with adequate bone grafts. There were nine diaphyseal segmental arthroplasties and eight arthrodeses of the knee. The results were excellent in 11 and satisfactory in five, and there was one failure. Sixteen patients became fully weight-bearing. Adequate bone grafts, especially from both posterior iliac crests, and good skin coverage are essential to adequate bony reconstruction.
AB - A series of 17 long bone defects following tumor resections were reconstructed using titanium fiber metal implants with adequate bone grafts. There were nine diaphyseal segmental arthroplasties and eight arthrodeses of the knee. The results were excellent in 11 and satisfactory in five, and there was one failure. Sixteen patients became fully weight-bearing. Adequate bone grafts, especially from both posterior iliac crests, and good skin coverage are essential to adequate bony reconstruction.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0020511390&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/00003086-198306000-00013
DO - 10.1097/00003086-198306000-00013
M3 - Article
C2 - 6573988
AN - SCOPUS:0020511390
SN - 0009-921X
VL - 176
SP - 108
EP - 114
JO - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
JF - Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
ER -