A new building block: costo-osteochondral graft for intra-articular incongruity after distal radius fracture

Hand Surg. 2014;19(2):269-73. doi: 10.1142/S021881041497003X.

Abstract

Even with the invention of locking plates, intra-articular fractures of distal radius with extreme comminution remain a challenge for orthopaedic surgeons. Osteochondral graft is a potential choice to reconstruct the articular defect. We report a patient who had a fracture of distal radius with costo-osteochondral graft for articular reconstruction which has not yet been described in the English literature. At nine-year follow-up, he was pain free and had full range of movement of the wrist. The authors suggest that costo-osteochondral graft could be an option with satisfactory result.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Transplantation
  • Cartilage / transplantation
  • Fractures, Comminuted / diagnostic imaging
  • Fractures, Comminuted / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intra-Articular Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Intra-Articular Fractures / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Radius Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Radius Fractures / surgery*
  • Ribs / transplantation