Proximal Femoral Allograft for Major Segmental Femoral Bone Loss: A Systematic Literature Review

Table 3

Table showing methods of implantation of prosthesis into allograft to form the allograft prosthesis composite (APC) and methods for securing APC to distal host femur. NR: not reported. Study numbers correlate with Table 1.

Study	Allograft-prosthesis fixation	APC-host bone fixation
1	Cemented	Uncemented
2	Cemented	Cemented
3	Cemented	Cemented
4	Cemented (16), uncemented (2)	Cemented(14), Uncemented(2), + plating(2)
5	Uncemented	Uncemented + plating
6	Cemented	Uncemented
7	Cemented	Cemented
8	Cemented	Uncemented (44), cemented (22)
9	Cemented	Uncemented (12), cemented (3)
10	NR	NR
11	Cemented	Cemented
12	Cemented	Uncemented
13	Cemented	Varied
14	Cemented	Uncemented
15	Cemented	Uncemented + plating
16	Cemented	Uncemented (13), cemented (2), + plating