Free Vascularized Fibular Grafting-25 Years' Experience: Tips, Techniques, and Pearls

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Wood, Michael B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; BONE REMODELING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMUR; FIBULA; FOREARM; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMERUS; JOINT MOBILIZATION; LITERATURE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIATION NECROSIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE DISEASES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FIBULA; HUMANS;

EID: 34347359315     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2006.10.007     Document Type: Review

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