Total femur replacement in a patient with chronic persistence osteomyelitis - A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and importance

Total femoral replacement (TFR) is a salvage surgical procedure that has been indicated mainly for oncologic indication to avoid lower limb amputation but has recently been indicated for non-oncological disorders.

Case presentation

We report the case of a 63-year-old male with chronic osteomyelitis of the left femur, severe pain and bone deformation, the risk of amputation in this patient was very high. The patient underwent total femur replacement (TFR) with a modular mega-prosthesis. TFR was conducted in two phases. The first one consists of femur resection followed by placement of antibiotic cement; and the second operation was performed after 7 weeks, in which a modular mega-prosthesis was implanted. After a 2-month rehabilitation period, the

SUBMITTER: Trung DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209068 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature