Functional outcome of infected endoprosthesis: A 20-year retrospective analysis.
Vivek Ajit SinghSashi Darshan BalakrishnanAmreeta DhanoaRupini Devi SantharalinggamNor Faissal YasinPublished in: Journal of orthopaedic surgery (Hong Kong) (2022)
Endoprosthesis infection worsens the overall functional outcome. Additional factors affecting functional outcome were age, presence of local recurrence and metastatic disease. Local tumour recurrence was lower amongst infected endoprosthesis cases, and >50% of infected implants were removed.