Bone grafting an ulna defect with a free autologous rib transplant.
This is a report on findings of an ulna defect in a small girl, due to a haematogenous infection in her right arm, which was successfully treated and healed with a bone graft using a portion of the 6th rib. The last x-ray examination, three years after the operation, showed a definite consolidation of the rib ulna transplantation and clinically good mobility of the elbow joint and underarm.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D012272:Ribs / Q000637:transplantation*; D014457:Ulna / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing