title: One-stage revision surgery for infected megaprostheses.
abstract: We have reviewed the results of one-stage revision surgery in 18 patients for infection of megaprostheses implanted after the resection of malignant bone and soft-tissue tumours. At a mean follow-up of 52.0 +/- 35.0 months (18 to 135) infection was eliminated in 14 of the 18 patients. The infection-free patients showed no abnormal tests for inflammation and had a mean Enneking score of 20.6 +/- 5.0 points (maximum 30 points). We suggest that one-stage revision without exchange of the anchorage parts is justified in patients with megaprostheses infected by antibiotic-sensitive micro-organisms.
authors.affiliation: University Clinic for Orthopaedics, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Holzer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Windhager
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kotz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery