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. 2015 Sep 22;474(2):528–536. doi: 10.1007/s11999-015-4552-y

Table 2.

Summary of studies reporting revision megaprosthesis survivorship

Study Year Number of Patients Site Prosthesis Kaplan-Meier survival (%) Years of Kaplan-Meier survival (years)
Unwin et al. [28] 1991 47 Distal femur Stanmore custom (Elstree, UK) 18.8 5
Unwin et al. [29] 1995 83 Mixed Stanmore custom 45 5
Wirganowicz et al. [33] 1999 48 Mixed Kinematic® (Howmedica now Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI, USA), Noiles® (Techmedica, Inc, Camarillo, CA, USA), Lacey® (Dow-Corning/Wright Medical, Memphis, TN, USA) 34 (± 9) (failure rate) 7
Shin et al. [26] 1999 35 Distal femur and proximal tibia Custom 65 10
Morgan et al. [20] 2006 32 Distal femur and proximal tibia HMRS (Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI, USA) 44 10
Pala et al. [23] 2015 72 Distal femur and proximal tibia GMRS (Stryker, Kalamazoo, MI, USA) 72 8

GMRS = Global Modular Replacement System; HMRS = Howmedica Modular Replacement System.