PRIMARY SHORTENING FOLLOWED BY CALLUS DISTRACTION FOR THE TREATMENT OF A POSTTRAUMATIC BONE DEFECT - CASE-REPORT

Authors
DEGAUZY JS VIDAL H CAHUZAC JP
Citation
Js. Degauzy et al., PRIMARY SHORTENING FOLLOWED BY CALLUS DISTRACTION FOR THE TREATMENT OF A POSTTRAUMATIC BONE DEFECT - CASE-REPORT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 34(3), 1993, pp. 461-463
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
461 - 463
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
The case of a 10-year-old boy is reported in which a 5-cm defect of th e humerus sustained 2 months previously was treated by open reduction and external fixation followed by distraction beginning on the 20th da y after surgery and continuing to the 40th day. The result was a 4-cm gain in length, with return of normal function and complete resolution of a concomitant radial nerve palsy.