Free non-vascularised fibular graft for treatment of post-traumatic bone defects

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-76

  El Sayed, Mostafa ^a   El Hadidi, Mahmoud ^a,b   El Adl, Wael ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bone defects; Fibular grafts; Non vascularised

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 33947154776     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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