Journal: PLoS ONE
Article Title: Efficacy of different revision procedures for infected megaprostheses in musculoskeletal tumour surgery of the lower limb
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200304
Figure Lengend Snippet: Cause-specific hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for reinfection from patients after 1-stage and 2-stage (with and without well fixed stems for the first revision surgery) revisions in accordance with different factors. OSA = osteosarcoma, dist = distal, prox = proximal, KMFTR = Kotz Modular Femur and Tibia Reconstruction System, HMRS = Howmedica Modular Reconstruction System, GMRS = Global Modular Reconstruction System, CHT = chemotherapy, RTX = radiotherapy, Infection classification by Coventry and Fitzgerald [ 13 , 14 ].
Article Snippet: Megaprostheses, which were used to reconstruct large segmental defects, included the KMFTR (Kotz Modular Femur and Tibia Reconstruction System, Howmedica GmbH, Kiel, Germany), the HMRS (Howmedica Modular Reconstruction System, Howmedica GmbH, Kiel, Germany), the GMRS (Global Modular Reconstruction System, Stryker Corp., Mahwah, NJ), and the MUTARS (Modular Universal Tumour and Revision System, Implantcast, Buxtehude, Germany).
Techniques: Infection