title: A new building block: costo-osteochondral graft for intra-articular incongruity after distal radius fracture.
abstract: Even with the invention of locking plates, intra-articular fractures of distal radius with extreme comminution remain a challenge for orthopaedic surgeons. Osteochondral graft is a potential choice to reconstruct the articular defect. We report a patient who had a fracture of distal radius with costo-osteochondral graft for articular reconstruction which has not yet been described in the English literature. At nine-year follow-up, he was pain free and had full range of movement of the wrist. The authors suggest that costo-osteochondral graft could be an option with satisfactory result.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Chris Yuk Kwan
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fung
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fok
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002356:Cartilage / Q000637:transplantation; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D057072:Intra-Articular Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D011885:Radius Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012272:Ribs / Q000637:transplantation