Proximal Humerus Reconstruction after Tumor Resection: An Overview of Surgical Management

Table 1

Summary data for allograft studies.

Study	Resection (cm)	Reconstruction	N	Age (y)	F-U (m)	Hardware issues	Graft resorptions	Fractures	Infections	PSA	Failures	MSTS score
DeGroot et al. [51]	12	Osteoarticular allograft	32	30	64	3% (1)	0	37% (11)	1	16% (5)	22% (7)	22.4
Jamshidi et al. [52]	15	Osteoarticular allograft	32	27	46	0	11% (4)	8% (3)	8% (3)	6% (2)	22% (8)	25.5
Mourikis et al. [40]	—	Osteoarticular allograft	32	42	192	0	0	19% (6)	13% (4)	16% (5)	33% (10)	—
Ogink et al. [53]	14	Osteoarticular allograft	32	47	—	6% (3)	2% (1)	28% (13)	4% (2)	13% (6)	23% (11)	—
Potter et al. [30]	15	Osteoarticular allograft	32	36	24	0%	0%	53% (9)	12% (2)	6% (1)	29% (5)	21.3
Rödl et al. [28]	16	Osteoarticular allograft	32	20	59	0	0	18% (3)	0	6% (1)	12% (2)	22.2
van de Sande et al. [23]	15	Osteoarticular allograft	32	34	228	0	0	23% (3)	8% (1)	15% (2)	—	22.8
Yao et al. [54]	23	Osteoarticular allograft/TBIR	32	19	62	0	77% (10)	38% (5)	8% (1)	23% (3)	38% (5)	—

N, patients’ number; F-U, follow-up; PSA, pseudoarthrosis (nonunion/severe union delay). Data referring to the whole population of the study, in which allografts are only a subpopulation.