[Allograft-prosthesis composite arthroplasty for posttraumatic floating elbow].

Loss of bone stock in the elbow joint raises serious problems for reconstruction surgery. Total allograft-prosthesis composite arthroplasty is an attractive alternative to revision prosthesis and isolated osteoarticular allografts known to have many drawbacks. Use of this method is rather recent for revision procedures and tumor surgery and posttraumatic cases are rare (five reported cases).

[Associated fracture of the posteromedial tubercle and the lateral process of the talus: a case report. Contribution of computed tomography].

Purpose Of The Study: Fracture of lateral process of the talus is an uncommon injury, fracture of the posteromedial tubercle of the talus is quite rare, and association of the two lesions is not reported previously. We report a case of an associated fracture of posteromedial tubercle an lateral process of the talus.

Patient And Methods: The mechanism of injury was forced ankle dorsiflexion and pronation, this mechanism was responsible of an avulsion of the posteromedial tubercle by the postero talotibial ligament and a fracture of lateral process by compression between the lateral malleolus and the calcaneus.

[Elastic intramedullary nailing of the tibia with the Marchetti-Vicenzi nail. 43 treated cases].

Purpose Of The Study: The purpose of this study was to analyse the results of tibial intramedullary nailing using an unreamed "Universal Elastic Bundle Nail".

Material And Methods: Forty-three intramedullary nailing of tibial shaft were done in 43 patients with recents fractures, from May 1993 and May 1996. There were 36 males and 7 females.

[Reconstruction of a complex defect of the upper third of the humerus by pedicle transplant of the lateral edge of the scapula. A case report].

Vascularized bone transfer of the lateral border of the scapula is exceptionally used in orthopaedic surgery. The authors report a case of pedicle transfer of the lateral border of the scapula designed to reconstruct a nine centimetre bone defect of the upper third of the humerus following a gunshot wound. A complementary conventional bone graft was performed one month later and consolidation was achieved at the fourth month.

[Coxa vara in children. Apropos of 28 cases].

Infantile coxa-vara is an infrequent lesion and two etiologic factors have been recognised: mechanical and genetic. As in Blount's disease, the same populations (black and scandinavian people) are usually affected. Twenty eight patients with 42 infantile coxa vara were reviewed.