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Case 71: Reconstruction of a 22 cm Femur Bone Defect with Transport Over Nail and Cable Technique

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This is a case of a 34 year old femoral bone defect from a low-grade osteosarcoma seeking limb salvage. This complex revision was completed in two main stages. The first stage consisted of double-level femur osteotomy and bone transport over an intramedullary nail with a cable system . Stage 2 was accomplished by tibial lengthening with an intramedullary lengthening nail to correct residual limb length discrepancy (LLD).

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA

    Mitchell Bernstein

  2. Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    S. Robert Rozbruch

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  1. Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York, USA

    S. Robert Rozbruch

  2. Shriners Hospital and Montreal Children Hospital, Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Shriners Hospital and Montreal Children Hospital, Division of Paediatric Orthopaedics, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Reggie C. Hamdy

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Bernstein, M., Rozbruch, S.R. (2015). Case 71: Reconstruction of a 22 cm Femur Bone Defect with Transport Over Nail and Cable Technique. In: Rozbruch, S., Hamdy, R. (eds) Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18020-5_245

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