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KMID : 1143020190240010056
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Archives of Hand and Microsurgery
2019 Volume.24 No. 1 p.56 ~ p.62
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Hypertrophic Delayed Union or Nonunion after Ulnar Shortening Osteotomy
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Kwon Young-Woo
Park Jong-Woong
Park Ji-Hun
Choi In-Cheul
Nam Jae-Jun
Suh Dong-Hun
Kang Jong-Woo
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Abstract
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Ulnar shortening osteotomy is the most popular surgical technique for ulnar impaction syndrome and has a successful clinical results. However, delayed union and nonunion of the osteotomy site remain the most critical complications and conventionally, plate change and autogenous bone grafting had been performed for the treatment of delayed union and nonunion. The authors present 2 patients who had delayed union and nonunion after ulnar shortening osteotomy using 2.7 mm low profile ulnar shortening osteotomy system and can be treated with only additional mini plating.
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KEYWORD
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Ulna, Osteotomy, Nonunion, Delayed union
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