Table 1 Strategies for bone defect reconstruction according to the French Society of Orthopedics (Société Française de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique—SOFCOT) [6]
|  | Type 1 defect (length ≤ 2 cm) | Type 2 defect (2 cm < length ≤ 5 cm) | Type 3 defect (5 cm < length ≤ 10 cm) | Type 4 defect (length > 10 cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Humerus | Shortening or ABG | Shortening + ABG or IMT or bone transport | IMT or VBT | IMT or VBT |
Forearm | ABG | IMT | IMT or VBT | OBF + IMT or OBF + VBT |
Femur | ABG | IMT or ABG | IMT or VBT or bone transport | |
Tibia | ABG including ITF grafting | IMT or ITF grafting or VBT or bone transport | IMT or VBT or bone transport or fibula tibialisation | |