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  • Title
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Surgical Approach
  • 3. Incision and Exposure
  • 4. Fracture Fusion Site Preparation
  • 5. Bone Graft Harvesting from Iliac Crest
  • 6. Bone Graft Inset
  • 7. Review of Anatomy
  • 8. Closure
  • 9. Post-op Remarks

Article type:Descriptions of Clinical and Surgical Procedures

Bone Graft for Nonunion of Right Thumb Proximal Phalanx Fracture

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Sudhir B. Rao, MD1; Mark N. Perlmutter, MS, MD, FICS, FAANOS2; Arya S. Rao3; Grant Darner4
1Big Rapids Orthopaedics
2Carolina Regional Orthopaedics
3Columbia University
4Duke University School of Medicine

Manuscript Format: Case Overview

Procedure Outline

1. Introduction

2. Surgical Approach

3. Incision and Exposure

4. Fracture Fusion Site Preparation

  1. Debride Fibrous Tissue with a Rongeur
  2. Insert K-Wire Through Distal Phalanx and Distal Fracture Fragment

5. Bone Graft Harvesting from Iliac Crest

  1. Incision and Exposure
  2. Harvest Graft
  3. Graft Preparation and Donor Site Closure

6. Bone Graft Inset

  1. Place Graft into Fracture Site
  2. Advance K-Wire Through Graft, Proximal Fragment, and First Metacarpal
  3. Pack Graft with Cancellous Bone from Graft

7. Review of Anatomy

8. Closure

9. Post-op Remarks

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Hospital Leonardo Martinez, Honduras

Article Information

Publication Date
Article ID290.13
Production ID0290.13
Volume2023
Issue290.13
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24296/jomi/290.13