1.Modified Masquelet technique in children.
Chinese Journal of Traumatology 2022;25(6):389-391
Masquelet technique is one of the modalities for the treatment of long bone defect. Using cancellous bone graft to fill the bone defect is always a concern in children due to the small size of their iliac crest and open growth plate. We reported a case of 13-year-old male who presented with gap non-union of middle third of tibia. We applied a modified Masquelet technique by using only the cortical fibular graft instead of cancellous bone to fill the space surrounded by induced membrane. Fibula was used as a nonvascularized strut graft and matched stick graft to achieve complete union. We concluded that nonvascularized fibula grafting is an easy and effective option to fill the bone defect in children in the second stage of Masquelet technique.
Male
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Child
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Humans
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Adolescent
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Fracture Healing
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Bone Transplantation/methods*
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Fibula/transplantation*
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Tibia/surgery*
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Ilium/transplantation*
2.Spontaneous atraumatic dislocation of sternoclavicular joint in Reiter syndrome.
Vijay Kumar DIGGE ; Sanjay MEENA ; Shah Alam KHAN ; Ravi MITTAL
Chinese Journal of Traumatology 2012;15(4):251-253
Reactive arthritis or Reiter's syndrome characteristically affects the joint of the lower limb in an asymmetrical pattern. Usually it does not affect the axial skeleton or upper limbs. Although cases of atraumatic atlantoaxial subluxations have been reported, no case of spontaneous sternoclavicular dislocation in Reiter's syndrome has been reported. This paper describes a case of a 26 year old male patient who developed a spontaneous posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation. No attempt of reduction was made and the patient was managed conservatively with good results.
Arm Injuries
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Arthritis, Reactive
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Humans
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Joint Dislocations
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Spinal Injuries
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Sternoclavicular Joint
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injuries