Research Article

Pasteurized Autograft-Prosthesis Composite Reconstruction May Not Be a Viable Primary Procedure for Large Skeletal Defects after Resection of Sarcoma

Table 4

Comparison with previous studies.

AuthorCase Nr/mean FU (years)Type of prosthesisFailure rate (%) Implant survival (%)Loosening (%)Implant, pasteurized bone, periprosthetic fracture (%)Infection (%)LR (%)Amputation (%)
10-year20-year

Current Series142/9.2PPC52/142
(36.6%)
8141219
Jeys et al.661/10TP227/661
(34%)
583811411510.6
Henderson et al.2174/NATP534/2174
(24.5%)
78744484NA
Henderson et al.§4359/NATP1271/4359
(29.2%)
NANA105.27.85.3NA

Nr: number, FU: follow-up, PPC: pasteurized bone prosthesis composite, TP: tumor prosthesis, implant removal for any cause, revision surgery for any cause, result of five institutions, §literature review in Henderson et al. study, and NA: not assessed.