Summary
A case is reported in which a congenital metacarpal synostosis was corrected by splitting the synostosis and inserting an intermetacarpal costal cartilage graft. Costal cartilage does not tend to be absorbed with time and seems to be a more effective and safer spacer in the long term. Use of costal cartilage as a spacer may be of benefit in similar cases in hand surgery.
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Iwasawa, M., Hayashi, R., Matsuo, K. et al. The use of costal cartilage as a spacer in the treatment of congenital metacarpal fusion. Eur J Plast Surg 11, 138–140 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00539278
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00539278