Current megaprostheses options

The introduction of a multidisciplinary approach with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and the advances and improvements in surgical and diagnostic techniques now allow limb salvage surgery in most patients with bone sarcomas instead of amputation. Megaprostheses have been used more frequently in the last 3 decades and are now the most common method of reconstruction after segmental resection of the long bones in extremities. Several types of megaprosthetic implants are currently available for limb salvage surgery. The aim of this study was to report the advantages and disadvantages of the most frequently used current megaprosthesis systems to date.