Historical excursion. Creation of expanding endoprosthesis for patients with immature bone skeleton (literature review)

Abstract

Endoprosthetics is the basic method of treatment choice in children with bone tumor. Radical resection of damaged bone region in patients with immature bone skeleton leads to shortening of the treated limb. Expanding endoprosthesis is the optimal choice in the solution of this problem. The historical excursion of evolution of expanding endoprosthesis creation is presented.