Clinical Study

Silver-Coated Hip Megaprosthesis in Oncological Limb Savage Surgery

Table 2

Early infection, considered as evidence of infection which occurred before 6 months after first surgery, was lower in silver-coated prosthesis group. No difference was demonstrated between the two groups for late infection risk.

ā€‰Early infectionsLate infectionsTotal

Silver-coated hip megaprostheses1 (2.6%)2 (5.3%)3 (7.9%)

Titan uncoated hip megaprostheses3 (10%)2 (6.6%)5 (16.7%)