Free vascularized fibula grafts in surgery of the upper limb

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 515-522

  Yajima, Hiroshi ^a   Tamai, Susumu ^a   Ono, Hiroshi ^a   Kizaki, Kazuhisa ^a   Yamauchi, Touru ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL PSEUDARTHROSIS; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA;

EID: 0032703790     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000131     Document Type: Article

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