This study was supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30571895), Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (No. NCET-06-0375), and Shanghai Foundation for the Development of Science and Technology (No. 044119739).
Background The pelvis often needs to be reconstructed after bone tumor resection. A major challenge here for the orthopedic surgeons is to choose a method that gives the best performance which depends upon its biomech...