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 inJournal of bone and joint surgery. British volume Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 74 - 77
Main Authors BUTLER-MANUEL, P. A, JAMES, S. E, SHEPPERD, J. A. N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 1992
Subjects
Acetabulum - surgery
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Bone Cements - therapeutic use
Bone Nails
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hip Prosthesis - instrumentation
Hip Prosthesis - methods
Humans
Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine
Male
Medical sciences
Pelvic Bones - surgery
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Failure
Reoperation
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
Human
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Lower limb
Acetabulum
Osteosynthesis
Trauma
Hip
Underpinning
Nail
Orthopedic surgery
Treatment
Bone defect
Technique
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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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ISSN:0301-620X
2044-5377
DOI:10.1302/0301-620x.74b1.1732270