The versatility of the free osteocutaneous fibula flap in the reconstruction of the extremities after sarcoma resection

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Bach, Alexander D ^a   Kopp, Jurgen ^a   Stark, G Bjorn ^b   Horch, Raymund E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epitheloid sarcoma; Ewing's sarcoma; Free fibula flap; Microvascular bone transfer; Osteosarcoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; EPITHELIOID SARCOMA; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 33646221401     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-2-22     Document Type: Article

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