Ipsilateral vascularised fibular transport for massive defects of the tibia

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1035-1040

  Atkins, R M ^a   Madhavan, P ^a   Sudhakar, J ^a   Whitwell, D ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; OPEN FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TIBIA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURES, OPEN; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; OSTEOMYELITIS; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0032729728     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B6.10001     Document Type: Article

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