Chapter 11. Prosthetic Replacement in Long Bone Metastases
- Claude Jasmin Head4,
- Robert E. Coleman Head5,
- Lawrence R. Coia Chairman6,
- Rodolfo Capanna Head7,
- Gérard Saillant Head8
Published Online: 3 JAN 2006
DOI: 10.1002/0470011610.ch11
Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Book Title

Textbook of Bone Metastases
Additional Information
How to Cite
Capanna, R., Fuchs, B., Sim, F. H. and Jacofsky, D. J. (2006) Prosthetic Replacement in Long Bone Metastases, in Textbook of Bone Metastases (eds C. Jasmin, R. E. Coleman, L. R. Coia, R. Capanna and G. Saillant), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/0470011610.ch11
Editor Information
- 4
Department of Haematology and Tumour Biology, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 14–16 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94804 Villejuif Cedex, France
- 5
Cancer Research Centre, Academic Unit of Clinical Oncology, Weston Park Hospital, Whitham Road, Sheffield S10 2SJ, UK
- 6
Department of Radiation Oncology, Community Medical Center, 99 Highway, 37 West, Toms River, NJ 08755, USA
- 7
Department of Orthopaedic Oncology, Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico, Largo Palagi 1, 50139 Firenze, Italy
- 8
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Pitié-Salpêtière, Paris, France
Publication History
- Published Online: 3 JAN 2006
- Published Print: 14 JAN 2005
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780471877424
Online ISBN: 9780470011614
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- bone metastases;
- pathological intertrochanteric fractures;
- prosthetic replacement with calcar;
- allograft–prosthetic composite;
- large-segment prostheses;
- femoral stem loosening and cortical bone resorption;
- diaphyseal spacers;
- surgical management of long bone metastasis;
- replacement arthroplasty
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Femur
LEG
Upper Extremity
Summary
References
