Treatment of radioulnar synostosis by radical excision and interposition of a radial forearm adipofascial flap.
A patient had radical excision of type II diaphyseal radioulnar synostosis and interposition of a radial forearm adipofascial flap. Neither adjuvant nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications nor radiation therapy were used. Three years after surgery the patient showed 90 degrees of pronation and 90 degrees of supination without any evidence of recurrence.
Jones
Neil F
NF
Department of Orthopedic Surgery and the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Esmail
Adil
A
Shin
Eon K
EK
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D009146:Music; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011403:Pronation / Q000502:physiology; D011884:Radius / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013484:Supination / Q000502:physiology; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013580:Synostosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*