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Among the possible treatments, megaprostheses represent one of the most used and reliable reconstructive approaches. Although literature about their outcomes has flourished through the last decades, a consensus rehabilitative treatment is still far from being established.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We evaluated the functional results of all our oncologic cases treated between 2016 and 2022 that could follow our standardized post-operative rehabilitative approach, consisting in progressive hip mobilization and early weight-bearing.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Twenty-two cases were included in our study. On average, their hospitalization lasted 15.1\u00a0days. The seated position was achieved on average within 3.7\u00a0days after surgery, the standing position reached 5.4 after surgery, while assisted deambulation was started 6.4\u00a0days after surgery. After a mean post-operative follow-up of 44.0\u00a0months, our patients\u2019 mean MSTS score was 23.2 (10\u201330). Our data suggested a statistically significant inverse linear correlation between post-operative functionality and patients\u2019 age, resection length, and the start of deambulation.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A correct rehabilitation, focused on early mobilization and progressive weight-bearing, is crucial to maximize patients\u2019 post-operative functional outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s43465-023-01092-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,8]],"date-time":"2024-02-08T17:02:19Z","timestamp":1707411739000},"page":"323-329","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["Proximal Femur Megaprostheses in Orthopedic Oncology: Evaluation of a Standardized Post-operative Rehabilitation Protocol"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"58","author":[{"given":"Lorenzo","family":"Andreani","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2107-6357","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Edoardo","family":"Ipponi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Federico","family":"Falcinelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Martina","family":"Cordoni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elena","family":"Bechini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lorenzo","family":"Vannucci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Antonio","family":"D\u2019Arienzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rodolfo","family":"Capanna","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,8]]},"reference":[{"issue":"12","key":"1092_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e249","DOI":"10.5435\/JAAOS-D-16-00218","volume":"26","author":"SA Lozano Calder\u00f3n","year":"2018","unstructured":"Lozano Calder\u00f3n, S. 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