Tubérculo de Gerdy como fuente de injerto de hueso trabecular…(Inglés)

Jean-Paul Brutus MD, and Jon B. Loftus MD

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Division of Hand Surgery, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY; and the Division of Plastic Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Hôpital Notre Dame, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

Cancellous bone grafts can be harvested from Gerdy’s tubercle on the proximal metaphysis of the tibia for surgical procedures on the upper extremity. This donor site, however, is used rarely by hand surgeons, possibly because of a lack of awareness.