The present study showed good functional and cosmetic outcomes following bone transport with external fixators after debridement for forearm infected nonunion. All patients achieved bony union and the ...

Goddu — Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Tufts Medical College. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue", page 1169.

A dental bone graft is a procedure performed to increase the amount of bone in a part of the jaw where bone has been lost or where additional support is needed. Bone may be taken from elsewhere in the ...

Your body is good at healing most cuts, breaks, wounds, and other injuries on its own. But some are just too big or serious to heal naturally. That’s when a graft may help. In this type of surgery, a ...

A broken bone — also referred to as a fracture — can involve any one, or all, of the bones in your arm: humerus, upper arm bone reaching from the shoulder to the elbow ulna, forearm bone reaching from ...

Ulnar deviation, or ulnar drift, occurs when the joints in the wrist and hand shift so the fingers bend toward the ulna bone on the outside of the forearm. It can result from problems in the wrist or ...

Cubital tunnel syndrome describes when the ulnar nerve, or funny bone, becomes stretched, compressed, or irritated. It may cause a person to experience numbness in the wrist, hand, or fingers.

Goddu — Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Tufts Medical College. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue", page 1169. Select the format you want to export the citation of this ...