Pelvic underpinning : eight years' experience
A new method to reconstruct major acetabular floor defects is described. It relies on the placement of special nails into each of the three bones of the hemipelvis. Curved lugs attached to the nails are coalesced using bone cement forming a platform onto which a standard acetabular prosthesis is loc...
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Published in | Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 74 - 77 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London
British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
1992
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Summary: | A new method to reconstruct major acetabular floor defects is described. It relies on the placement of special nails into each of the three bones of the hemipelvis. Curved lugs attached to the nails are coalesced using bone cement forming a platform onto which a standard acetabular prosthesis is located. Forty-seven cases are reported with a mean follow-up of 4.4 years (1 to 8). No loosening of an acetabular cup or migration of the device has occurred. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0301-620X 2044-5377 |
DOI: | 10.1302/0301-620x.74b1.1732270 |