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ArticleArthroplasty today2021

Modular Total Femur Replacement for Staged Total Femur Replacement.

Tat Woon Chao, Yi Deng, Varsha Sivalingam, D Ashley R Watson, Alexander W R Burns

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Article in Arthroplasty today, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tat Woon ChaoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia.
Yi DengDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia.
Varsha SivalingamDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia.
D Ashley R WatsonDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia.
Alexander W R BurnsDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Canberra Hospital, Garran, ACT, Australia.
Canberra Hospital · AUAustralian National University · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the numbers of arthroplasties performed worldwide increase, so do complications such as prosthetic joint infection. Cases that require a two-stage revision of a total femur replacement in the femur pose an ongoing challenge to the modern orthopedic surgeon. Unlike antibiotic spacers in hip and knee arthroplasty, there lacks a commercially available cement spacer for use in total femur replacements. We describe a novel technique for the intraoperative fabrication of a total femur spacer which uses modular components. As such, our technique is unique as it is modular and, therefore, highly customisable to each individual patient. Individual components can be made by different members of the team simultaneously and then assembled to make the final construct, thereby minimizing operative time. Furthermore, the inherent stability of the spacer allows immediate partial weightbearing and functional rehabilitation while patients are waiting for their second-stage procedure.

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Cement spacerProsthetic joint infectionRevision hip replacementRevision knee replacementTotal femur replacement

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PMID34646921
PMCPMC8495706
OpenAlexW3203819080

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