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Vascularised corticoperiosteal grafts from the medial femoral condyle for difficult non-unions of the upper limb.Del Piñal F, García-Bernal FJ, Regalado J, Ayala H, Cagigal L, Studer A From the Instituto de Cirugía Plástica y de la Mano, Private Practice and Hospital Mutua Montañesa Santander, Spain. drpinal@drpinal.com The vascularised corticoperiosteal graft was introduced by Sakai and Doi, in 1991, as a means to achieve bony union under unfavourable conditions. We present our experience with this vascularised graft, taken from the femoral condyle, in six patients with difficult non-unions (5) or other bony problems (1) in the upper limb. In five cases, a long bone defect--two humeral, two ulnar and one radial--was involved. All had had between three and seven previous operations. Two of the non-unions were secondary to infection. The others had had conventional grafting on two or three previous occasions each. In the sixth case, a corticoperiosteal graft was used to promote healing in a combined carpometacarpal and intercarpal dislocation with a very poor bed. All of the grafts survived without complications and all of the bones healed radiologically in less than three months. Three patients achieved a normal range of motion and two obtained a functional range of motion with only slight limitations. The carpometacarpal arthrodesis was healed soundly at five weeks. Published 5 March 2007 in J Hand Surg [Br], 32(2): 135-42.
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