Open AccessOsteotomy and Autograft Lengthening for Intra-Articular Malunion of the Proximal Ulna: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Job N. Doornberg,
René K. Marti
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2009/647126
Subject(s) - medicine , iliac crest , malunion , osteotomy , ulna , olecranon , surgery , orthodontics , elbow , nonunion
An osteotomy with interposition of iliac crest bone graft and lengthening of the proximal ulna can be used to restore ulnohumeral congruency after a malunited comminuted olecranon fracture treated with figure-of-eight tension band wiring.
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