Treatment of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia with a bone and periosteal graft. G. Montier (Revue d'Orthopédie, 1927, No. 4)

The author cites a case of pseudarthrosis in a 5-year-old girl in the lower third of the tibia. The patient was operated as follows: subcutaneous tenotomy of the Achilles tendon and redressing of the tibiae; after exposing the pseudarthrosis site, reviving the articular ends and separating the periosteum in a circle, then sawing the bone-periosteal plate along the entire length of the tibiae and dividing it into 3 equal pieces, which are attached to the periosteum on the tibiae from three surfaces outward; these pieces are attached to the tibiae periosteum with catgut sutures. The cast is in place for 3 months.