INTRODUCTION
Over the past four decades,"limb salvage"surgery, or surgery in which bulk reconstruction is needed after a large amount of bone is removed for oncologic, infectious, or traumatic pathology, has become more commonplace than amputation. While debates have raged in the clinical communities as to whether metal1–2 or allograft bone3–5 provided a better material for reconstruction, most of the evidence provided was focused on mechanical function and durability.