One bone forearm with vascularized fibular graft. Clinical experience and literature review

Bone reconstruction of the forearm in severe radius and ulna bone loss is a difficult problem to manage. In 1921 Hey-Groves described a rescue technique for severe forearm instability, defined as one-bone forearm (OBF) in which the proximal stump of the ulna was fixed to the distal stump of the radius [1]. The OBF technique creates a stable bone bridge between the ulnohumeral and radiocarpal joint in which, according to the description given by Vitale, the ulna "makes" the elbow and the radius "makes" the wrist [2].

Source: Injury - June 14, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: S. Artiaco, D Ciclamini, J. Teodori, E. Dutto, T. Benigno, B. Battiston Source Type: research