Treatment of persistent non-union of the humerus using a vascularized bone graft from the supracondylar region of the femur

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 107-113

  Yajima, Hiroshi ^a   Maegawa, Naoki ^a   Ota, Hiroyoshi ^a   Kisanuki, Osamu ^b   Kawate, Kenji ^a   Takakura, Yoshinori ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yoshimoto Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Femur; Humerus; Non union; Vascularized bone graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECORTICATION; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33947245089     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-970182     Document Type: Article

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