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Lower limb salvage with autoclaved autogenous tibial diaphysis: case report
G G Hallock1, D Sussman, M Rhodes
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Lehigh Valley Hospital Center, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18103.
The Journal of Trauma
|April 1, 1989
Abstract:
A massive crush injury of the lower extremity associated with avulsion of a 30-cm segment of the diaphysis of the tibia is reported. The patient refused consideration of amputation. Therefore, in this unique case, the noncomminuted fragment was autoclaved and replaced as a nonvascularized autogenous graft. Graft-host union was observed without complication, leading to full weight-bearing ambulation with a molded orthosis within 1 year of the injury.