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directly compared our patients with a similar group with a di erent reconstruction. Infection was the main reason for implant failure. Although the majority of the infections were eradicated with surgical debridement and antibiotics, additional ways should be sought to reduce the infection risk. Our early results are reassuring that the use of dual-mobility articulation provides for stable pelvic reconstruction in the short term. Nevertheless, future larger studies will need to con rm the durability of the construct. We will continue to follow our patients over the longer term to ascertain the role of this implant in this setting.
Note: we thank Professor Georg Gosheger MD, PhD, Joanna Krzywda-Pogorzelska MD, PhD, 4 Magdalena Rychlowska-Pruszynska MD, PhD, and Andrzej Pienkowski MD, PhD, for their cooperation,
for operating on patients included in our study, and for critically reading our manuscript.
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