Reconstruction of the lateral malleolus using a reverse-flow vascularized fibular head: A case report

Microsurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 158-161

  Rajacic, Nebojsa ^a   Dashti, Hussain ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE GROWTH; BONE REMODELING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EPIPHYSIS PLATE; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; METAPHYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ANKLE INJURIES; ANKLE JOINT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TALUS;

EID: 0030457415     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1996)17:3<158::AID-MICR12>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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