Free fibula transfer in the treatment of difficult distal tibia fractures

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-17

  Pannunzio, Michael E ^a,c   Chhabra, A Bobby ^a   Golish, S Raymond ^a   Brown, Marwin R ^b   Pederson, William C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Hand Center of San Antonio   (United States)

^c Reconstructive Hand Surgeons of Indiana   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal tibia fracture; Free fibula; Tibial plafond fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE ARTHRODESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FRACTURE HEALING; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; REVIEW; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHRODESIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TALUS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33846202994     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958696     Document Type: Review

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