Repair of a multiply recurrent giant cell reparative granuloma of the hand with wide resection and fibular grafting.
A patient with multiply recurrent giant cell reparative granuloma of the third metacarpal is reported. Three prior excisions failed to prevent recurrence. A wide resection and replacement with a nonvascularized fibular bone graft resulted in elimination of the tumor at the 7-year follow-up visit.
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Department of Orthopaedics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
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Wolfe
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D001860:Bone Plates; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006101:Granuloma, Giant Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation