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Table 4 Causes of prosthesis failure

From: Short-term clinical outcomes of Kyocera Modular Limb Salvage System designed cementless stems for the endoprosthetic reconstruction of lower extremities: a Japanese Musculoskeletal Oncology Group multi-institutional study

Type of complication

Type 1

Type 2

Type 3

Type 4

Type 5

All types

(n)

soft tissue

aseptic

structural

infection

tumor

 
 

failure

loosening

failure

 

progression

 

Proximal femur (49)

0

1

2

1

5

 

Distal femur (39)

0

8

1

4

6

 

Proximal tibia (12)

0

1

0

1

1

 

Overall (100)

0

10

3

6

12

31