CONGENITAL PSEUDOARTHROSIS OF THE ULNA TREATED BY FREE VASCULARIZED FIBULAR GRAFT - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF METHODS OF TREATMENT

Authors
MASTERSON E EARLEY MJ STEPHENS MM
Citation
E. Masterson et al., CONGENITAL PSEUDOARTHROSIS OF THE ULNA TREATED BY FREE VASCULARIZED FIBULAR GRAFT - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF METHODS OF TREATMENT, Journal of hand surgery. British volume, 18B(3), 1993, pp. 285-288
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of hand surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
02667681
Volume
18B
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
285 - 288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-7681(1993)18B:3<285:CPOTUT>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Congenital pseudarthrosis of the ulna is an extremely rare condition f or which current surgical techniques have been unsatisfactory in resto ring a normal two-bone forearm. We report a case which was treated by excision of the ulnar pseudarthrosis and interposition of a free vascu larized fibular graft with a skin island to monitor anastomotic patenc y. Forearm rotation has been restored and the potential for normal for earm growth has been preserved.