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01.03.2015 | CORR Insights
CORR Insights®: What Sports Activity Levels Are Achieved in Patients With Modular Tumor Endoprostheses of Osteosarcoma About the Knee?
verfasst von:
Michael J. Joyce, MD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 3/2015
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Excerpt
The current study by Hobusch et al. presented 27 sports-minded patients with osteosarcoma who had undergone successful limb salvage of the knee. Surgeons used modular knee endoprostheses (25 patients with fixed hinges, two patients with rotating hinges) to reconstruct the knees. The authors charted the sporting activities that the patients resumed after surgery compared to their prediagnosis sporting abilities. This retrospective study was done via chart review and telephone interview, and results were presented at an average followup time of 11.2 years. …