Treatment of non-union of forearm bones with a free vascularised corticoperiosteal flap from the medial femoral condyle.
We report 6 cases of recalcitrant non-union of forearm bones treated with a free vascularized thin corticoperiosteal graft harvested from the medial condyle of the femur. All non-unions healed. In one 58-year-old patient a fracture of the femur occurred.
De Smet
Luc
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Hand Unit, Orthopaedic Department, University Hospital Pellenberg, Leuven, Belgium. luc.desmet@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000637:transplantation*; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy; D010521:Periosteum / Q000637:transplantation*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000601:surgery*