Free vascularized fibula graft for a cystic femoral head and neck lesion in the West Indies

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 241-243

  Mohammed, F ^a   El Youssef, R ^a   Ali, T ^a   Hoford, R ^a   Romany, S ^a   Ragbir, M ^a  

^a Port of Spain General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE REMODELING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CASE REPORT; DONOR SITE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR NECK; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; FIBULA; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; BONE CYSTS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FIBULA; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0142217369     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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