Nicotine consumption may lead to aseptic loosening in proximal mega-prosthetic femoral replacement

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Functional follow-up

Patient	Age at follow-up (years)	Time from implantation until functional follow-up (years)	Hip situation at follow-up	Knee society score (%)	Harris hip score (%)	Toronto extremity salvage score (%)	Musculoskeletal tumor society score (%)	Musculoskeletal tumor society score (points out of 30)	Short form 36 physical functioning
9	44.6	7.1	Proximal cemented femoral replacement			73.6	50	15	30
11	61.8	6.4	Proximal cemented femoral replacement—wheelchair bound due to Parkinson’s disease and osteoporotic spinal fractures			34	10	3	20
17	80.7	5.0	Proximal cemented femoral replacement		90	85	93.3	28	100
18	86.7	5.0	Total femoral replacement	83	65	57	50	15	25
19	67.6	7.9	Hip ex-articulation			76	40	12	35
20	78.6	4.6	Proximal cemented femoral replacement		51	52.8	33.3	10	15
22	76.8	4.0	Girdlestone situation with femur amputation			48.3	63.3	19	10
23	74.2	3.8	Proximal cemented femoral replacement		72	64.3	56.7	17	25
24	59.6	2.0	Proximal cemented femoral replacement		94	91.1	96.7	29	75
26	61.7	0.8	Proximal cemented femoral replacement		93	68	80	24	50

Patient	Short form 36 role-physical	Short form 36 bodily pain	Short form 36 general health	Short form 36 vitality	Short form 36 social functioning	Short form 36 role-emotional	Short form 36 mental health	Short form 36 physical component summary measure	Short form 36 mental component summary measure
9	100	84	20	30	25	33.3	44	42.9	29.7
11	0	10	20	30	12.5	0	24	25.1	26.1
17	100	100	67	95	100	100	100	53.7	61.8
18	100	84	52	55	87.5	100	68	39.2	55.5
19	0	62	77	75	87.5	100	72	30.6	62.2
20	0	41	20	50	100	0	52	24.9	45.7
22	0	41	67	50	75	0	52	29.9	42.8
23	50	64	57	55	100	100	96	28.5	67.2
24	75	100	25	55	100	100	44	47.6	46
26	0	100	40	20	100	0	40	42.9	32.9