Several methods are available using an endoprosthesis or biological reconstruction for malignant bone tumors. Methods that use allograft-prosthesis composites have shown promising results. The tumor-bearing autograft, treated with liquid nitrogen are known as frozen autografts. The new study states that frozen autograft-prosthesis composite reconstruction shows better fusion rates. The researchers in this study evaluated the results of bone reconstructions using frozen autograft-prosthesis composites retrospectively.
The researchers assessed demographic data, histological records, surgical procedures, functional scores, and complications of 22 patients who had bone sarcoma or metastasis. All the patients had received at least 2 years of follow-up. There were 19 patients with primary bone sarcoma and 3 with bone metastasis included in the study. The researchers found that a union rate…
