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Table 4 Comparison of current study results with those of other studies involving intercalary endoprostheses

From: Intercalary prosthetic replacement is a reliable solution for metastatic humeral shaft fractures: retrospective, observational study of a single center series

Author, year

Case number

Average age (years)

Treatment

Complication

Mean follow-up time (months)

Mean MSTS (%)

Dijkstra et al. [15], 1996

38

65

IMN (18)

Fracture: 1

Instability: 2

/

/

PF (20)

Wound problem: 2

Nerve injury: 1

Local recurrence: 1

/

/

Ofluoglu et al. [9], 2009

24

63

IMN

Loosening: 2

/

/

Sarahrudi et al. [28], 2009

41

66.3

IMN (19)

Instability: 2

Tumor progression: 1

/

/

70.2

PF (22)

RNI: 4

Fracture: 1

Loosening: 1

/

/

Ruggieri et al. [36], 2011

8

/

Prosthesis

Loosening: 1

25

90

McGrath et al. [8], 2011

13

35

Endoprosthesis

Local recurrence: 2

Loosening: 4

Fracture: 2

Nerve injury: 2

57

77

Laitinen et al. [35], 2011

40

65

IMN

7 (18%)

/

70/68

Wedin et al. [34], 2012

128

/

IMN (117)

Fracture: 1

Nonunion: 5

Infection: 2

/

/

/

PF (11)

Fracture: 2

/

/

Benevenia et al. [13], 2016

18

69

Prosthesis

None

10

83

Zhao et al. [19], 2018

9

63

Prosthesis

RNI: 1

Aseptic loosening: 1

9

85

Casadei et al. [14], 2018

12

67

IMN

Infection: 1

Local recurrence: 1

Loosening: 2

/

63

Zheng et al. [20], 2019

13

/

Prosthesis

RNI: 2

Aseptic loosening: 2

11

65

Current study

66

62

IMN (16)

Local recurrence: 2

Rotator cuff injury: 1

21

74

61

PF (33)

RNI: 3

Local recurrence: 3

Screw break: 1

18

76

63

Prosthesis (17)

Local recurrence: 1

Aseptic loosening: 1

28

77

  1. IMN intramedullary nailing, PF plate fixation, RNI radial nerve injury, MSTS Musculoskeletal Tumor Society score