[Induced membrane technique for bone defects in the hand and wrist]

The induced membrane technique of bone reconstruction initially proposed for long bone defects can be extended to the hand and wrist defects. The two stages procedure is particularly useful in infected lesions or when the viability of the segment is not initially acquired. It avoids to have recurs to vascularised bone transfers which are not reliable in septic conditions and not easily performed in emergency. The induced membrane technique offers great capacities of bone reconstruction whatever the sizes of the defect.