Double-strut free vascular fibular grafting for reconstruction of the lower extremities

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 763-769

  Chen, Ming Te ^a,b   Chang, Ming Chau ^a,b   Chen, Chuan Mu ^a,b   Chen, Tain Hsiung ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EXERCISE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG FRACTURE; LEG INJURY; LONG BONE; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STRESS FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0141676696     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(02)00375-3     Document Type: Article

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