Antibiotic impregnated total femur spacers: a technical tip. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Simultaneous prosthetic joint infection of ipsilateral hip and knee arthroplasties is often accompanied by significant bone loss and presents a challenging reconstructive problem. Two-stage reconstruction is favored and requires the placement of a total femur spacer, which is not a commercially available device. We describe a surgical technique, reporting on 2 cases in which a customized total femur antibiotic impregnated spacer was created by combining an articulating knee spacer and an articulating hip spacer with a reinforced cement dowel construct connecting the 2 spacers. Custom total femoral spacers are useful in the management of infected femoral megaprostheses and cases with ipsilateral injected hip and knee arthroplasties and severe femoral bone loss.

publication date

  • August 1, 2017

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC5859218

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85026673635

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.artd.2017.06.001

PubMed ID

  • 29560398

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 4

issue

  • 1