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SUBMITTER: Sanz-Ruiz P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5859195 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arthroplasty today 20170331 1
Bone cement spacers loaded with antibiotic are the gold standard in septic revision. However, the management of massive bone defects constitutes a surgical challenge, requiring the use of different nails, expensive long stems, or cement-coated tumor prostheses for preparing the spacer. In most cases, the knee joint must be sacrificed. We describe a novel technique for preparing a biarticular total femur spacer with the help of a trochanteric nail coated with antibiotic loaded cement, allowing mo ...[more]