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SUBMITTER: Zoller SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7728749 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zoller Stephen D SD Hegde Vishal V Burke Zachary D C ZDC Park Howard Y HY Ishmael Chad R CR Blumstein Gideon W GW Sheppard William W Hamad Christopher C Loftin Amanda H AH Johansen Daniel O DO Smith Ryan A RA Sprague Marina M MM Hori Kellyn R KR Clarkson Samuel J SJ Borthwell Rachel R Simon Scott I SI Miller Jeff F JF Nelson Scott D SD Bernthal Nicholas M NM
Bone research 20201210 1
Extremity reconstruction surgery is increasingly performed rather than amputation for patients with large-segment pathologic bone loss. Debate persists as to the optimal void filler for this "limb salvage" surgery, whether metal or allograft bone. Clinicians focus on optimizing important functional gains for patients, and the risk of devastating implant infection has been thought to be similar regardless of implant material. Recent insights into infection pathophysiology are challenging this equ ...[more]