Free functional gracilis muscle transfer for reconstruction of massive ectopic calcification following a lower extremity fracture: A case report and overview of the literature

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-66

  Schmitt, Jürgen W ^a   Bode, Beata ^b   Dumont, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compartment syndrome; Free functional gracilis muscle transfer; Peroneal nerve injury; Soft tissue calcification; Surgical treatment; Tibial fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBULA FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE NONUNION; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MUSCLE RESECTION; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOFIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; TIBIA FRACTURE;

FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845701681     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-006-0228-0     Document Type: Article

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