Gerdy's tubercle as a source of cancellous bone graft for surgery of the upper extremity: description of technique
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Jean-Paul Brutus1, Jon B Loftus
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA, and the Division of Plastic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Hôpital Notre Dame, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. jpbrutus@hotmail.com
The Journal of Hand Surgery
|January 31, 2006
Abstract:
Cancellous bone grafts can be harvested from Gerdy's tubercle on the proximal metaphysis of the tibia for surgical procedures on the upper extremity. This donor site, however, is used rarely by hand surgeons, possibly because of a lack of awareness.

