Successful regeneration of large extruded diaphyseal segments of the radius. Report of two cases

Abstract

Traumatic extrusion of a large segment of the diaphysis of a long bone is a rare injury. The patients reported in the literature were all treated by replacement of the extruded segments, but the possibility that spontaneous regeneration of the missing segment can occur, particularly in children, has not been considered. This is well documented herein in two cases of ostectomy for osteomyelitis.