ABSTRACT
The authors present a case of a 39-year-old man with an enormous bone defect of the
distal humerus secondary to an infected nonunion, who was successfully reconstructed
using a vascularized iliac bone graft. The use of a vascularized iliac bone graft
may be an option for reconstructing such massive defects of the metaphyseal area of
the humerus.
KEYWORDS
Arthroplasty - elbow joint - vascularized lliac bone graft
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Yasunori HattoriM.D. Ph.D.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ogori Daiichi General Hospital
Shimogo, 862-3, Ogori, Yoshikigun
Yamaguichi 754-0002, Japan
