Non-vascularised fibular transfer in the management of defects of long bones after sequestrectomy in children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1259-1263

  Steinlechner, C W B ^a   Mkandawire, N C ^b  

^a NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DEFORMATION; BONE GRAFT; CHILD; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMERUS; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LIMB SALVAGE; LONG BONE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIUS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TIBIA; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FIBULA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MALE; OSSEOINTEGRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOTOMY; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25844495841     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B9.15734     Document Type: Review

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