TITLE:
Bone Defect Reconstruction in a 2 Years Old Boy with Non-Vascularized Fibular Graft Using the Induced Membrane Technique in Country with Low-Income: A Case Report
AUTHORS:
Kombate Noufanangue Kanfitine, Ayouba Gamal, Bakriga Batarabadja, Walla Atchi, Abalo Anani Grégoire
KEYWORDS:
Chronic Osteomyelitis, Bone Defect, Bony Bone Reconstruction, Induced Membrane, Fibula
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Orthopedics,
Vol.8 No.12,
December
13,
2018
ABSTRACT: Chronic osteomyelitis in children is frequent in the developing countries. Their complications and morbidity burden the functional prognosis. The reconstruction of diaphyseal bone loss after sequestrectomy in young children remains a difficult and expensive challenge in our context. The delay in care and the lack of social security for all, are risk factors for morbidity. The induced membrane technique described by Masquelet starts to be applied and showed satisfactory results. We report the results of a case of reconstruction of the proximal humerus by using a non-vascularized fibula and supplemental bone substitute in a boy of 2 years with sickle cell. No scarring occurred at the sampling site. The process of bone consolidation is underway.