Arthroplasty Today (Feb 2025)

Distal Femoral Replacement With a Metaphyseal Sleeve: Outcomes and Risk Factors for Subsidence

  • David Alexander George, MBChB, BMedSc, FRCS (Tr & Orth),
  • Christopher Lee Buckle, MBBS, BSc, MSc (Oxon), FRCS (Tr & Orth),
  • Abtin Alvand, BSc (Hons), MBBS, DPhil (PhD), FRCS (Tr & Orth),
  • William Jackson, MBBS, BSc, FRCS (Tr & Orth),
  • Adrian Taylor, MBBS, FRCS (Orth),
  • Ben Kendrick, DPhil (PhD), FRCS (Tr & Orth)

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31
p. 101403

Abstract

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In this study, we report on the outcomes of our experience using a metaphyseal sleeve with a distal femoral replacement (DFR) and review the risk factors for sleeve subsidence over a 3 year period.

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