A METHOD FOR REPLACING EXTENSIVE DEFECTS OF THE RADIUS IN CHILDREN

Abstract

Applied topographic and anatomic studies on 12 lower limbs of seven premature stillborn children have allowed to substantiate the possibility of formation and free transplantation in children of the epimethadiaphyseal fibula graft with two blood supply sources. In view of the obtained data, it has been developed and successfully tested clinically the original reconstructive microsurgical operation, which allows to replace in children simultaneously extensive (more than 50% of length) defects of the distal radius with preservation of function of the growth plate of the transplanted bone.

Keywords

• forearm
• surgical reconstruction
• fibula graft