title: More than 10 years of follow-up of two patients after total femur replacement for malignant bone tumor.
abstract: One patient with osteosarcoma and one with Ewing's sarcoma of the femur were in 1987 and 1988 treated with prosthetic replacement of the femur and chemotherapy. There has been no loosening of the prostheses and no recurrence of the tumor. The patients have maintained 60% and 63% limb function scores evaluated by ISOLS criteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan. ayabe_hp@mxa.nkansai.ne.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kusuzaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashiguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirasawa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D012512:Sarcoma, Ewing / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome