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Perichondrial arthroplasty incorporating costal cartilage
J Katsaros1, R Milner, N J Marshall
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
A technique of IP joint arthroplasty is described using costal cartilage with accompanying perichondrium. All patients presented following trauma to the IP joints; their ages ranging from 15 to 45 years. Five out of six cases showed improvement of symptoms and function following reconstruction of the traumatized joint.