Forearm Nonunion and Segmental Bone Defects: A Focused Review of Masquelet Reconstruction and Free Vascularized Bone Grafting
Rita Saad, Johnny Saadeh, Fouad Assaf, Antoine Saber, Saadeddine Abouzahr, Elyssa Kiwan, Wendy Ghanem, Mohamad Badra, Ramzi Moucharafieh · 2026
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Rita Saad and co-authors review two ways to rebuild forearm bone in a 2026 paper. When a forearm bone fails to heal or a segment is lost, repair is hard. The forearm has a tight, complex design, and cases often mix infection, weak tissue, and poor blood flow.
One method grows a membrane around a spacer, then fills it with graft bone. The other moves a living bone segment with its blood vessels from elsewhere in the body. The review compares the two on when to use each, the biology behind them, results, and problems. Searches covered three databases in English up to the review date.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rita Saad, Johnny Saadeh, Fouad Assaf, Antoine Saber, Saadeddine Abouzahr, Elyssa Kiwan, Wendy Ghanem, Mohamad Badra, Ramzi Moucharafieh |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 56 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |