title: How to salvage a salvage endoprosthesis.
abstract: Custom-made endoprostheses can be linked to existing well-fixed implants in the treatment of complex periprosthetic femoral fractures. By adopting this salvage approach, secure implants can be retained in favour of patients undergoing more tissue disruptive procedures such as total femoral replacements. In this piece, we present a unique case illustrating a salvage strategy for treating a failed cement-linked salvage endoprosthesis, a complex scenario which to our knowledge has never before been reported.
authors.affiliation: Bone Tumour and Joint Reconstruction Unit, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Middlesex, UK drahaldar@doctors.org.uk.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haldar
authors.affiliation: Bone Tumour and Joint Reconstruction Unit, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Middlesex, UK.
authors.forename: Shanjitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kantharuban
authors.affiliation: Bone Tumour and Joint Reconstruction Unit, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Middlesex, UK.
authors.forename: Aadhar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Bone Tumour and Joint Reconstruction Unit, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Middlesex, UK.
authors.forename: Jerome A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.affiliation: Bone Tumour and Joint Reconstruction Unit, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Middlesex, UK.
authors.forename: Timothy W R
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Briggs