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ReviewArthroplasty today2025

Distal Femoral Replacement With a Metaphyseal Sleeve: Outcomes and Risk Factors for Subsidence.

David Alexander George, Christopher Lee Buckle, Abtin Alvand, William Jackson, Adrian Taylor, Ben Kendrick

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Review in Arthroplasty today, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

David Alexander GeorgeHip and Knee Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK.
Christopher Lee BuckleHip and Knee Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK.
Abtin AlvandHip and Knee Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK.
William JacksonHip and Knee Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK.
Adrian TaylorHip and Knee Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK.
Ben KendrickHip and Knee Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we report on the outcomes of our experience using a metaphyseal sleeve with a distal femoral replacement (DFR) and review the risk factors for sleeve subsidence over a 3 year period.

Indexed as

Distal femur replacementLimb preservation systemMetaphyseal sleeveOutcome

Identifiers

PMID40012617
PMCPMC11864162

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