Table 1 Number of patients, mean age at primary surgery according to indication for surgery and surgical site
From: The risk for complications and reoperations with the use of mega prostheses in bone reconstructions
Total number of patients | Mean age at primary surgery (range) | Female (%) | Total number of prostheses | Proximal humerus | Total humerus | Intercalary humerus | Distal humerus | Pelvis | Proximal femur | Total femur | Intercalary femur | Arthrodesis implant | Distal femur | Proximal tibia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All patients | 114 | 53.4 (7.1–88.1) | 55 (48.2) | 116 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 19 |
Diagnosis | |||||||||||||||
Primary bone sarcoma | 50 | 42.9 (7.1–86.0) | 25 (50) | 52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 13 |
Soft tissue sarcoma | 11 | 42.9 (16.4–73.8) | 8 (80) | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Benign bone tumour | 6 | 58.0 (33.2–71.5) | 3 (50) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Haematologic cancer | 3 | 70.1 (63.6–80.1) | 1 (25) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Metastasis from other cancer | 38 | 66.5 (22.2–86.9) | 16 (42) | 38 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Trauma or revision of other prosthesis | 6 | 61.6 (29.5–88.1) | 2 (33) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |