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The Bone & Joint Journal
Vol. 101-B, Issue 12 | Pages 1557 - 1562
1 Dec 2019
The long-term outcomes of modified Harrington procedure using antegrade pins for periacetabular metastasis and haematological diseases
Tillman R Tsuda Y Puthiya Veettil M Young PS Sree D Fujiwara T Abudu A
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Aims

The aim of this study was to present the long-term surgical outcomes, complications, implant survival, and causes of implant failure in patients treated with the modified Harrington procedure using antegrade large diameter pins.

Patients and Methods

A cohort of 50 consecutive patients who underwent the modified Harrington procedure for periacetabular metastasis or haematological malignancy between January 1996 and April 2018 were studied. The median follow-up time for all survivors was 3.2 years (interquartile range 0.9 to 7.6 years).