Use of vascularized fibular grafts as a salvage procedure for previously failed spinal arthrodesis

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2001, Pages 2171-2175

  Kim, Choll W ^a   Abrams, Reid ^a   Lee, Gilbert ^a   Hoyt, David ^a   Garfin, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Free flap; Infection; Lumbar; Microsurgery; Multiple surgical procedures; Spinal fusion; Thoracic; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035476748     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200110010-00029     Document Type: Article

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