title: Ceramic endoprosthesis for aggressive giant cell tumors near the knee: eight cases followed for more than 10 years.
abstract: Eight patients with locally aggressive giant cell tumor were treated with marginal resection and implantation of a ceramic endoprosthesis with a non-hinged knee joint. The patients have been followed-up for between 10 to 16 years. Newly formed bone appeared at the junction between implant and cortex and in 2 cases subsidence of the implant was seen. All the patients had good function of the knee and no revision was needed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan. naka_s@f5.dion.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: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002516:Ceramics; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007720:Knee Prosthesis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011859:Radiography; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome