Applications of the vascularized fibula for upper extremity reconstruction

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-17

  Heitmann, Christoph ^a   Levin, L Scott ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Free bone graft; Microsurgical; Osteocutaneous fibula; Upper extremity bone grafting

Indexed keywords

ARM DISEASE; BONE DEFECT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBULA; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MONITOR; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0037353974     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00130911-200303000-00004     Document Type: Review

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