Three Cases of Defects in the Shaft of the Ulna after Osteomyelitis

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All three patients had sufferered from osteomyelitis at infancy. Osteomyelitis had caused the loss of the shaft of the ulna in all cases. The remaining proximal and distal ends of the ulna were still present and enough to receive a bone graft.Then the large shaft defects of the ulna were filled with fibular tubular bone graft in all of them.The post operative courses were uneventful.When the patients were last examined, the treatment by a fibular graft gave statisfactory results not only in the wrist and elbow movements but also the powerful grips.Especially in rotationall range of the forearm excellent result obtained in spite of deformity due to radial head luxation.