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2. Reconstruction of a tuberculous thumb by free bone grafting. A case report.

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Papavasiliou VA

Subjects
Adult, Amputation, Surgical, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Fingers surgery, Humans, Male, Osteitis drug therapy, Staphylococcal Infections drug therapy, Transplantation, Autologous, Bone Transplantation, Thumb surgery, Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular surgery
Abstract

Tuberculosis with secondary staphylococcal infection destroyed the right thumb and index phalanges of a 24-year-old farmer. Four months after starting antibiotic therapy the index finger was amputated, and the thumb reconstructed by excising the disorganized phalanges and transferring the index metacarpal as a free graft to replace them. No previous report of this technique has been traced. A concurrent infection of the patient's left tarsus was treated by triple arthrodesis.

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1978
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