Table 2.

Bone defects and methods of reconstruction

	Number of cases with tibial bone loss	Management of bone loss
Barrett and Scott (1987) [3]	33%	Graft, cement and screws, metallic wedge
Padgett et al. (1991) [24]	76%	Cement, autograft
Lai and Rand (1993) [16]	50%	Cement
Gill et al. (1995) [10]	77%	Autograft, allograft, metallic wedge
Levine et al. (1996) [17]	33%	Allograft
Chakrabarty et al. (1998) [7]	60%	Autograft, cement
Böhm and Landsiedl (2000) [4]	39%	Autograft
Our series (2005)	60% segmental	Metallic wedge, allograft, autograft