TY  - JOUR
T1  - Mechanical Failure of the Repiphysis Expandable ProsthesisA Case Report
AU  - Beebe, Kathleen S.
AU  - Uglialoro, Anthony D.
AU  - Patel, Neeraj
AU  - Benevenia, Joseph
AU  - Patterson, Francis R.
Y1  - 2010/05/01
N1  - 10.2106/JBJS.I.00591
JO  - The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
SP  - 1250
EP  - 1253
VL  - 92
IS  - 5
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0021-9355
M3  - doi: 10.2106/JBJS.I.00591
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.I.00591
ER  -