title: [Formation of a single bone in the forearm in infected pseudoarthrosis of the proximal ulna].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the successful results of the single-bone reconstruction technique in the forearm in a patient who sustained an ulnar fracture and underwent multiple osteosyntheses and failed grafts.
  
  
  METHODS
  Male patient, agricultural worker, who at age 39 sustained a left ulnar fracture. After 13 years and 5 surgeries involving different types of osteosyntheses and failed grafts, which resulted in infection of the left ulnar pseudoarthrosis, we decided to do a single-bone reconstruction of the forearm. He did well and achieved good function. His current status is: 20° of forearm supination, full elbow and wrist flexion and extension, appropriate muscle strength, and he returned to his job without functional limitations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The single-bone forearm reconstruction technique is, in properly selected cases, an excellent surgical alternative when reconstruction or salvage of the thoracic limb is required.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Escobedo-Troncoso
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cantú-Morales
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005542:Forearm / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014457:Ulna / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014458:Ulna Fractures / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*