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. 2000 Jul;24(3):176–178. doi: 10.1007/s002640000145

More than 10 years of follow-up of two patients after total femur replacement for malignant bone tumor

Shinichiro Nakamura 1, Katsuyuki Kusuzaki 1, Hiroaki Murata 1, Hideyuki Takeshita 1, Masazumi Hirata 1, Shin Hashiguchi 1, Yasusuke Hirasawa 1
PMCID: PMC3619874  PMID: 10990394

Abstract 

One patient with osteosarcoma and one with Ewing’s sarcoma of the femur were in 1987 and 1988 treated with prosthetic replacement of the femur and chemotherapy. There has been no loosening of the prostheses and no recurrence of the tumor. The patients have maintained 60% and 63% limb function scores evaluated by ISOLS criteria.

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Accepted: 17 March 2000


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