Congenital pseudarthrosis of the ulna treated by free vascularized fibular graft: a case report and review of methods of treatment. 1993

E Masterson, and M J Earley, and M M Stephens
Children's Hospital, Dublin, Eire.

Congenital pseudarthrosis of the ulna is an extremely rare condition for which current surgical techniques have been unsatisfactory in restoring a normal two-bone forearm. We report a case which was treated by excision of the ulnar pseudarthrosis and interposition of a free vascularized fibular graft with a skin island to monitor anastomotic patency. Forearm rotation has been restored and the potential for normal forearm growth has been preserved.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D011542 Pseudarthrosis A pathologic entity characterized by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal BONY CALLUS leading to existence of the "false joint" that gives the condition its name. (Dorland, 27th ed) Pseudoarthrosis,Pseudarthroses,Pseudoarthroses
D011859 Radiography Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film). Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D005260 Female Females
D005360 Fibula The bone of the lower leg lateral to and smaller than the tibia. In proportion to its length, it is the most slender of the long bones. Fibulas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014457 Ulna The inner and longer bone of the FOREARM. Semilunar Notch,Trochlear Notch,Ulnar Coronoid Process,Ulnar Trochlear Groove,Coronoid Process, Ulnar,Semilunar Notchs,Trochlear Groove, Ulnar,Trochlear Notchs,Ulnar Coronoid Processes,Ulnar Trochlear Grooves,Ulnas

Related Publications

E Masterson, and M J Earley, and M M Stephens
July 2000, Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand,
E Masterson, and M J Earley, and M M Stephens
January 1997, Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association,
E Masterson, and M J Earley, and M M Stephens
March 2010, The Journal of hand surgery,
E Masterson, and M J Earley, and M M Stephens
April 2005, Plastic and reconstructive surgery,
E Masterson, and M J Earley, and M M Stephens
September 1981, The Journal of hand surgery,
E Masterson, and M J Earley, and M M Stephens
March 1994, Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet,
E Masterson, and M J Earley, and M M Stephens
January 2009, Bratislavske lekarske listy,
E Masterson, and M J Earley, and M M Stephens
January 2006, Acta chirurgiae orthopaedicae et traumatologiae Cechoslovaca,
E Masterson, and M J Earley, and M M Stephens
January 1981, Journal of microsurgery,
Copied contents to your clipboard!