Bone Research
Study results from Manchester University provide new insights into bone research
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, September 5th, 2010
Current study results from the report, 'Custom-made endoprostheses for the femoral amputation stump: an alternative to hip disarticulation in tumour surgery,' have been published. "Disarticulation of the hip in patients with high-grade tumours in the upper thigh results in significant morbidity. In patients with no disease of the proximal soft tissue a femoral stump may be preserved, leaving a fulcrum for movement and weight-bearing," investigators in Manchester, the United Kingdom report.
"We reviewed nine patients in whom the oncological decision would normally be to disarticulate, but who were treated by implantation of an endoprosthesis in order to create a...
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