Treatment of non-union of forearm bones with a free vascularised corticoperiosteal flap from the medial femoral condyle


Published online: Oct 27 2009

Luc De Smet

From the University Hospital Pellenberg, Leuven, Belgium

Abstract

We report 6 cases of recalcitrant non-union of forearm bones treated with a free vascularized thin corticoperiosteal graft harvested from the medial condyle of the femur. All non-unions healed. In one 58-year-old patient a fracture of the femur occurred.