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Metacarpal reconstruction with free autogenous cartilage and bone following tumor resection. A case report.

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Richards, RR; Nunley, JA
Published in: Clin Orthop Relat Res
November 1984

A 26-year-old woman with a giant cell tumor of the metacarpal bone of the index finger was treated by en bloc resection and metacarpal reconstruction. A free autogenous iliac crest bone graft was used to reconstruct the metacarpal and a free autogenous costal cartilage graft was used to resurface the metacarpophalangeal joint. The bone graft was transfixed with a plate. The patient developed 12 degrees-62 degrees motion at the metacarpophalangeal joint and has maintained a stable joint space for 30 months. Viable hyaline cartilage was present when a biopsy procedure was performed on the joint at five months. The bone graft rapidly incorporated. There has been no evidence of tumor recurrence.

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Published In

Clin Orthop Relat Res

ISSN

0009-921X

Publication Date

November 1984

Issue

190

Start / End Page

223 / 226

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Orthopedics
  • Metacarpus
  • Ilium
  • Humans
  • Giant Cell Tumors
  • Female
  • Cartilage
  • Bone Transplantation
  • Bone Neoplasms
 

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Richards, R. R., & Nunley, J. A. (1984). Metacarpal reconstruction with free autogenous cartilage and bone following tumor resection. A case report. Clin Orthop Relat Res, (190), 223–226.
Richards, R. R., and J. A. Nunley. “Metacarpal reconstruction with free autogenous cartilage and bone following tumor resection. A case report.Clin Orthop Relat Res, no. 190 (November 1984): 223–26.
Richards, R. R., and J. A. Nunley. “Metacarpal reconstruction with free autogenous cartilage and bone following tumor resection. A case report.Clin Orthop Relat Res, no. 190, Nov. 1984, pp. 223–26.
Richards RR, Nunley JA. Metacarpal reconstruction with free autogenous cartilage and bone following tumor resection. A case report. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1984 Nov;(190):223–226.
Journal cover image

Published In

Clin Orthop Relat Res

ISSN

0009-921X

Publication Date

November 1984

Issue

190

Start / End Page

223 / 226

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Orthopedics
  • Metacarpus
  • Ilium
  • Humans
  • Giant Cell Tumors
  • Female
  • Cartilage
  • Bone Transplantation
  • Bone Neoplasms