“…When compared with conventional prostheses used in total joint arthroplasty for arthritis, a consistently higher rate of complications has been reported with modular megaprostheses, particularly resulting from infection, wear or breakage of prosthetic components, and stem loosening [1,3,11,12,17,19,27,28,[34][35][36][37][38]. The higher infection rate is believed to be the result of prolonged surgical times and large soft tissue exposure in oncologic resections and to a higher risk of contamination in revision and posttraumatic cases.…”