Hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child: treatment with an elastic stable intramedullary nail without bone graft

Nonunion following diaphyseal forearm fracture is an uncommon complication in children. Compression plate fixation with bone grafting has been the standard method to treat this complication. We report a case of hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child who was treated surgically using an elastic...

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Autores principales: Abd Rashid, Abdul Halim, Ibrahim, Sharaf
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21286359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-010-0089-5
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description Nonunion following diaphyseal forearm fracture is an uncommon complication in children. Compression plate fixation with bone grafting has been the standard method to treat this complication. We report a case of hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child who was treated surgically using an elastic stable intramedullary nail (ESIN) without bone grafting. The nonunion healed 4 months after surgery.
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spelling pubmed-29946312010-12-15 Hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child: treatment with an elastic stable intramedullary nail without bone graft Abd Rashid, Abdul Halim Ibrahim, Sharaf Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr Case Report Nonunion following diaphyseal forearm fracture is an uncommon complication in children. Compression plate fixation with bone grafting has been the standard method to treat this complication. We report a case of hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child who was treated surgically using an elastic stable intramedullary nail (ESIN) without bone grafting. The nonunion healed 4 months after surgery. Springer Milan 2010-05-19 2010-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2994631/ /pubmed/21286359 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-010-0089-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child: treatment with an elastic stable intramedullary nail without bone graft
title Hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child: treatment with an elastic stable intramedullary nail without bone graft
title_full Hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child: treatment with an elastic stable intramedullary nail without bone graft
title_fullStr Hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child: treatment with an elastic stable intramedullary nail without bone graft
title_full_unstemmed Hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child: treatment with an elastic stable intramedullary nail without bone graft
title_short Hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child: treatment with an elastic stable intramedullary nail without bone graft
title_sort hypertrophic nonunion of the ulna in a child: treatment with an elastic stable intramedullary nail without bone graft
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21286359
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-010-0089-5
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