Pedicled vascularized rib transfer for reconstruction of clavicle nonunions with bony defects: Anatomical and biomechanical considerations

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-180

  Werner, Clément M L ^a   Favre, Philipe ^a   Van Lenthe, Harry G ^a   Dumont, Charles E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Spital Netz Bern   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRESS; CASE REPORT; CLAVICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE FLAP; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RIB; THORACODORSAL ARTERY; VASCULARIZATION;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; CLAVICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RIBS; RISK FACTORS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250706763     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000263537.57701.8b     Document Type: Article

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