TREATMENT OF A BONE DEFECT OF THE FOREARM BY BONE TRANSPORT - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
Citation
Rd. Esser, TREATMENT OF A BONE DEFECT OF THE FOREARM BY BONE TRANSPORT - A CASE-REPORT, Clinical orthopaedics and related research, (326), 1996, pp. 221-224
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
ISSN journal
0009921X
Issue
326
Year of publication
1996
Pages
221 - 224
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-921X(1996):326<221:TOABDO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The technique of bone transport has been used in the lower extremities to treat acute and chronic bone defect, It has not been applied to th e upper extremities, An 8.0-cm defect of the ulna was treated with thi s technique, using a unilateral bone transport system, At completion o f the transport, bone graft was brought to the docking site, A 4.0-cm radius defect was treated with free fibula graft and intramedullary na iling, Treatment was completed with removal of the external fixator at 10 months, Complication was limited to transient superficial pin site infection.