Osteosarcoma of Femur Treated with a Limb-Sparing Resection of the Femur and Reconstruction with a Modular, Total Femur Tumor Prosthesis

Login

Password

Forgot your password?

Join VuMedi

Select specialty

First name

Last name

Choose Password

About Us
Careers
Partner with us
F.A.Q
Contact us
Terms & conditions
Privacy policy

Playback speed

10 seconds

Osteosarcoma of Femur Treated with a Limb-Sparing Resection of the Femur and Reconstruction with a Modular, Total Femur Tumor Prosthesis

By Mount Sinai FEATURING James Wittig

1,674 views

September 2, 2008

A limb-sparing resection of the femur is performed for an osteosarcoma of distal femur with ...
read more ↘ a skip metastasis to the proximal femur. A modular segmental expandable total femur prosthesis is utilized for reconstruction. Emphasis is placed on reconstruction of the hip joint capsule to maintain hip stability as well as multiple muscle rotations to restore function and minimize risk of infection.
↖ read less

Comments 1