Routine donor leg angiography before vascularized free fibula transplantation is not necessary: A prospective study in 120 clinical cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 121-127

  Lutz, Barbara S ^a,b   Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Ng, Shu Hang ^a   Chen, I How ^a   Chen, Samuel H T ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FIBULA; HUMAN; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULSE; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0032960194     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199901000-00019     Document Type: Article

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