Treatment of recalcitrant distal tibial nonunion using the descending genicular corticoperiosteal free flap

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 144-150

  Cavadas, Pedro C ^a,b   Landín, Luis ^a  

^a Clinica Cavadas   (Spain)

^b Temple 5 2 ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone reconstruction; Corticoperiosteal flap; Descending genicular artery; Distal tibial nonunion; Microvascular free tissue transfer

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCENDING GENICULAR ARTERY; DESCENDING GENICULAR CORTICOPERIOSTEAL FREE FLAP; DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FRACTURE HEALING; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; METAPHYSIS; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERIOSTEUM GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SAFETY; SUBTALAR ARTHRODESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TIBIAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PEDICLE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 38149006278     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000249347.35050.3f     Document Type: Article

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