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Proximal radio-ulnar synostosis treated by interpositional silicone arthroplasty. A case report
1Servico de Cirurgia Orthopéddica y Traumatologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
International Orthopaedics
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
A case of post-traumatic proximal radio-ulnar synostosis in a young adult is described. Treatment was by excision of 1 cm of the shaft just below the synostosis and interposition of a radial head silicone implant. The functional result was excellent after 10 years.