Ceramic endoprosthesis for aggressive giant cell tumors near the knee: eight cases followed for more than 10 years.
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.
Nakamura
S
S
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan. naka_s@f5.dion.ne.jp
Kusuzaki
K
K
Murata
H
H
Takeshita
H
H
Hirata
M
M
Hashiguchi
S
S
Hirasawa
Y
Y
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