Free vascularized fibular grafting for the treatment of osteonecrosis of the femoral head

Techniques in Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-53

  Aldridge III, Julian Mack ^a,b   Urbaniak, James R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avascular necrosis; Femoral head; Fibula; Osteonecrosis; Vascularized bone graft

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANKLE PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; FIBULA GRAFT; HIP SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; REHABILITATION CARE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149099711     PISSN: 08859698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTO.0b013e3181690854     Document Type: Article

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