Costantino Errani, Hisaki Aiba, Ahmed Atherley, Marco Palmas, Hiroaki Kimura, Davide Maria Donati, Marco Manfrini
BACKGROUND: Reconstruction of the proximal humerus in children who undergo bone tumor resection is challenging because of patients' small bone size and possible limb length discrepancy at the end of skeletal growth due to loss of the physis. There are several options for proximal humerus reconstruction in children, such as clavicula pro humero, free vascularized fibula grafting, massive bone osteoarticular allografting, endoprostheses, and allograft-prosthesis composites, but no consensus exists on the best method for reconstruction...
January 23, 2024: Clinical Orthopaedics and related Research