Grafting an Elbow.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2, 10 July 1912, Page 13

Grafting an Elbow.

Dr. TnfFicr. a prominent surgeon of Paris, reports two ca-es of successful grafting of bone on a human elbow in a communication to the Academy of Medicine. The two operations were performed more than a year ago, and as the subjects are in perfect health there can no longer be any doubt of the success of the experiment. Dr. Tuflier says that he was called upon to treat the arm of a young man of 23. The elbow joint was affected by ankylosis, and had to be removed, as the entire arm was paralysed. The bone of another patient, a lady whose foot had to be amputated, was used to replace the missing bone. Dr. Tuflier presented radiographic views showing that the arm and joint were new perfectly h<*.aled, and the young man, alter thirteen months, is able to use his arm.

The second case was that of a young man of 21, whose elbow had been destroyed by tuberculosis, in this case Dr. Tuflier grafted cartilage which had been preserved for five days from an operation performed on the leg of another person. This operation was carried out fourteen months ago and was a perfect success.