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JOURNAL OF FOOT & ANKLE SURGERY
Volume 57, Issue 1, Pages 196-204Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2017.07.019
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custom implant; reconstruction; revision; salvage
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Treatment of large osseous defects remains a difficult surgical challenge. Autografts and allografts have been known to undergo late collapse, because these options are not specifically designed to withstand the high loads of the foot and ankle. The inability to achieve the correct shape for reconstruction further limits their application. Large osseous defects will result during salvage after failed Lapidus bunionectomy, explantation of failed total ankle replacements, and nonunion of Evans calcaneal osteotomy. Each of 3 patients received a 4WEB custom 3-dimensional (3D) titanium truss implant (Patient Specific Custom Implant; 4WEB Medical, Inc., Frisco, TX) for reconstruction. The mean follow-up period was 17.33 +/- 3.51 months. Significant improvement was seen in pain, with a successful return to activities of daily living. The 12-month postoperative computed tomography findings demonstrated incorporation of the implant to the surrounding cortical and cancellous bone. No signs of delayed complications, such as stress shielding or implant failure, were found. This is the first case series to describe the use of a custom 3D-printed titanium truss implant to successfully contribute to reconstruction in the setting of failed elective foot and ankle surgery. This technology might play an important role in limb salvage of osseous defects that would otherwise require bone block arthrodesis with structural allograft or autograft bone. (c) 2017 by the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. All rights reserved.
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