Reconstruction of posttraumatic long bone defect with free vascularized bone graft: Good outcome in 48 patients with 6 years' follow-up

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 359-364

  Tu, Y K ^a   Yen, C Y ^a   Yeh, W L ^a   Wang, I C ^a   Wang, K C ^a   Ueng, S W N ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMERUS; LONG BONE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; ILIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; REOPERATION; RIBS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0034855517     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000164701753542014     Document Type: Article

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