Combined single-stage osseous and soft tissue reconstruction of the tibia with the Ilizarov method and tissue transfer

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 183-189

  McKee, Michael D ^a,b   Yoo, Daniel J ^a   Zdero, Rad ^a   Dupere, Marc ^a   Wild, Lisa ^a   Schemitsch, Emil H ^a   Mahoney, James ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free flap; Ilizarov; Infected; Nonunion; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; BONE REMODELING; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT NECROSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOSIS; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENOUS CONGESTION;

ADULT; AGED; BONE REGENERATION; BONE SUBSTITUTES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43249108824     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181678a64     Document Type: Article

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