Vascularized pedicled bone graft for avascular necrosis of the capitate: case report.
Avascular necrosis of the capitate is a rare disorder of unknown etiology that causes wrist pain and limitation of function. We present a case of a 15-year-old boy successfully treated with vascularized pedicled bone graft from the dorsal aspect of the distal radius.
Hattori
Yasunori
Y
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ogori Daiichi General Hospital, Ogori and the Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi 754-0002, Japan. yhattori@saikyo.or.jp
Doi
Kazuteru
K
Sakamoto
Soutetsu
S
Yukata
Kiminori
K
Shafi
Mohamed
M
Akhundov
Kamil
K
D000293:Adolescent; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D051224:Capitate Bone; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010020:Osteonecrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D011884:Radius / Q000637:transplantation*