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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 88-B, Issue 1, 116-118.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B1.16619  
Copyright © 2006 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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Bone morphogenetic protein 7 in the treatment of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia

L. Fabeck, MD, PhD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor1; D. Ghafil, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon1; M. Gerroudj, MD, General Practitioner1; R. Baillon, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon1; and Ph. Delincé, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor1

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery CHU Saint Pierre, 322 rue Haute, 1000 Brussels, Belgium.

Correspondence should be sent to Dr L. Fabeck; e-mail: laurent_fabeck{at}stpierre-bru.be

We describe a 13-year-old boy with atrophic tibial pseudarthrosis associated with neurofibromatosis who had undergone nine unsuccessful operations. Eventually, union was obtained by the use of bone morphogenetic protein 7 in conjunction with intramedullary stabilisation and autologous bone graft.




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