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. 2020 Jun 26;12(Suppl 1):8689.
doi: 10.4081/or.2020.8689. eCollection 2020 Jun 29.

Cemented versus cementless megaprosthesis in proximal femur metastatic disease: A systematic review

Maria Serena Oliva  1   2 , Raffaele Vitiello  1   2 , Michele Cauteruccio  1   2 , Elisa Pesare  1   2 , Giuseppe Rovere  1   2 , Cesare Meschini  1   2 , Francesco Liuzza  1 , Giulio Maccauro  1   2 , Antonio Ziranu  1
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Cemented versus cementless megaprosthesis in proximal femur metastatic disease: A systematic review

Maria Serena Oliva et al. Orthop Rev (Pavia). .

Abstract

The proximal femur is the long bone most commonly affected by metastatic disease. There are many treatment options, such as hip megaprostheses. A topic still widely debated in literature is the use of cemented or uncemented megaprostheses in this kind of patients. The purpose of this review is to examine both these surgical options to understand which of them should be preferred in metastatic patients. Twelve articles were finally included in the review. Eight authors used cemented mega - prostheses, two cementless megaprostheses and two authors used both techniques. Better functional outcomes and lower infection rates were found in cementless mega - prostheses. More studies have to be performed to choose the better technique and improve patients' quality of life.

Keywords: cement; femur; megaproshesis; metastasis.

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Conflict of interest: the authors declare no potential conflict of interest.

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