Table 2.
Causes of 52 pasteurized bone-prosthesis composite failure and final status by location.
| Tumor location (number of cases, percent) |
Infection (percent) |
LR | Fracture of pasteurized bone | Loosening + nonunion or resorption | Metal failure + nonunion | Final limb status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TP | Arthrodesis | Amputation | APC | Pseudo- arthrosis |
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| Femur | 6/18 | 0 | 3/18 | 5/18 | 4/18 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| (18/76, 24%) | (33%) | (0%) | (17%) | (28%) | (22%) | |||||
| Humerus | 0 | 0 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| (5/12, 42%) | (0%) | (0%) | (40%) | (40%) | (20%) | |||||
| Pelvis | 3/10 | 1/10 | 6/10 | 0 | 0 | 3∗ | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| (10/15, 67%) | (30%) | (10%) | (60%) | (0%) | (0%) | |||||
| Tibia | 9/19 | 1/19 | 0 | 5/19 | 4/19 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| (19/39, 49%) | (47%) | (5%) | (0%) | (26%) | (21%) | |||||
| Total | 18/52 | 2/52 | 11/52 | 12/52 | 9/52 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| (52/142, 36.6%) | (35%) | (4%) | (21%) | (23%) | (17%) | |||||
| Average duration | 16.8 | 47.7 | 87.7 | 68.1 | 60.4 | 56.4 | 36.8 | 24.0 | 94.9 | 53.8 |
| (range) | (1.1–120.3) | (32.0–63.4) | (3.7–200.6) | (16.2–168.5) | (14.7–162.9) | (6.7–125.8) | (2.8–142.8) | (2.8–116.2) | (16.2–162.9) | (1.1–200.6) |
LR: local recurrence, TP: tumor prosthesis, and APC: allograft prosthesis composite. ∗Saddle prosthesis.