title: Bone transport combined with locking plate and bone grafting for treatment of nonunion of the ulna: a case report.
abstract: METHODS
  Nonunion complicating ulna fracture surgery in one patient.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To treat nonunion of the ulna using bone transport combined with locking plate and bone grafting.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 54-year-old male patient developing nonunion of the ulna 3 years after left ulna fracture surgery was included in this study. Bone transport combined with locking plate and bone grafting was applied to treat the patient, with the purpose of achieving the goal of bone healing at the site where nonunion occurred.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Postoperative imaging data of the patient suggested bone healing at the site where nonunion and bone transport (by osteotomy) occurred. The patient had no special chief complaints and his forearm rotation functions were normal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bone transport combined with locking plate and bone grafting can provide a new option for treatment of nonunion of the ulna.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, China ; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University Jining, Shandong 272029, China.
authors.forename: Chunshen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhaohua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Chenxi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Huilin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zou
keywords: Nonunion; bone transport; locking plate; ulna fracture