Use of a reversed-flow vascularized pedicle fibular graft for treatment of nonunion of the tibia

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-29

  Safoury, Yasser ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE BLOOD FLOW; BONE GRAFT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0032894846     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000067     Document Type: Article

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