Management of Bone Defects Around the Elbow

Medical University of Vienna

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fracture; Cancer; Tumor

Treatments: Procedure: HMRS

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00873145

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Background:

Bone defects of the distal humerus require complex reconstructions, for which standard prostheses may be insufficient. The researchers therefore investigated the clinical and radiological outcome of elbow reconstructions by megaprostheses.

Full description

Type of prosthesis:

STRYKER Humerus-HMRS

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• HMRS of the elbow, distal humerus or total humerus

Exclusion criteria

• Unwillingness to participate

Trial design

50 participants in 1 patient group

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Description:

Patients with major bone defects around the elbow.

Treatment:

Procedure: HMRS