J Korean Soc Traumatol.  2017 Dec;30(4):247-252. 10.20408/jti.2017.30.4.247.

Proximal Tibia Fracture after Proximal Tibia Autograft Harvest

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jkoh@korea.ac.kr
  • 2Department of General Surgery, Guro Hospital, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Bone-grafting procedures are common in orthopedic trauma surgeries. There are only few reports on the morbidity after proximal tibia harvesting. Here, we report an experience of complication after proximal tibia harvesting while treating subtrochanteric femoral osteomyelitis.

Keyword

Grafting; Bone; Tibial fractures

MeSH Terms

Autografts*
Orthopedics
Osteomyelitis
Tibia*
Tibial Fractures
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