RT Journal
A1 Beebe, Kathleen S.
A1 Uglialoro, Anthony D.
A1 Patel, Neeraj
A1 Benevenia, Joseph
A1 Patterson, Francis R.
T1 Mechanical Failure of the Repiphysis Expandable ProsthesisA Case Report
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2010
FD May 1
VO 92
IS 5
SP 1250
OP 1253
DO 10.2106/JBJS.I.00591
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.I.00591
AB 
The current treatment of osteosarcoma includes neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by wide resection of the tumor and postoperative chemotherapy. While amputation of the extremity was once the mainstay of treatment, medical and surgical developments over the last several decades have led to the success of limb-salvage surgery1,2. In the very young patient, this has led to the challenge of achieving limb-length equality. Recently, the introduction of an endoprosthesis, expandable by noninvasive means, has allowed for reconstruction of the affected limb while addressing limb-length discrepancy in skeletally immature patients3.