Hip disarticulation and external hemipelvectomy for infectious indications: a systematic review
Danil Chernov, Nicholas Frappa, Matthew G Alben, Thomas Listopadzki, Morgan Dillon, Alexander Kovacs, Ryan Riley, Evgeny Dyskin · 2026
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Description
Danil Chernov and co-authors published a review in 2026 on two radical amputations, removal of the leg at the hip and removal of half the pelvis, done for severe infection. These operations are last resorts, and outcome figures for infection cases were scattered. The team gathered reports from four databases through early January 2026.
Forty-nine studies covered 289 patients. The top reason was infection around an artificial joint, at 54.3 percent, followed by flesh-destroying infection at 9.0 percent. Early deaths could only be bounded, between 12.8 percent and under 16.6 percent overall, because one large study hid small death counts. Leaving that study out, early death was 26.2 percent. Reporting gaps limit firm conclusions.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Danil Chernov, Nicholas Frappa, Matthew G Alben, Thomas Listopadzki, Morgan Dillon, Alexander Kovacs, Ryan Riley, Evgeny Dyskin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58269 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |