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Functional and oncologic outcomes after excision of the total femur in primary bone tumors: Results with a low cost total femur prosthesis

BACKGROUND: The extent of tumor may necessitate resection of the complete femur rarely to achieve adequate oncologic clearance in bone sarcomas. We present our experience with reconstruction in such cases using an indigenously manufactured, low-cost, total femoral prosthesis (TFP). We assessed the c...

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Autores principales: Puri, Ajay, Gulia, Ashish, Chan, Wai Hoong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3421939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22912524
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.98834