Reconstruction of lower limb bone defects after sarcoma resection in children and adolescents using free vascularized fibular transfer

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-243

  El Gammal, Tarek Abdalla ^a   El Sayed, Amr ^a   Kotb, Mohammed M ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Children; Free fibula; Lower limb sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; BONE PLATES; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NEOPLASMS; FIBULA; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SARCOMA; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042672614     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00009957-200307000-00001     Document Type: Article

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