Abstract

FIDEL PORTO ALVAREZ, Roberto; ALVAREZ NUNEZ, Rudbeckia  and  PORTO ALVAREZ, Godetia Madia. Pseudoarthrosis of the distal third of the left radius. Presentation of a case. Rev. Med. Electrón. [online]. 2013, vol.35, n.2, pp. 194-200. ISSN 1684-1824.

A six-years-old male patient, diagnosed with pseudoarthrosis of the distal third of the left radius, treated surgically with external fixation and autologous bone grafting, with the objective of applying a monopolar  fixer RALCA, to give  more stability and guaranty the satisfactory evolution of a so feared by the orthopedists complication.  We obtained satisfactory results, arriving to the conclusion that this technique application is very useful and at the reach for everybody.

Keywords : radius pseudoarthrosis; external fixer; surgical treatment.

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