Limb salvage in malignant tumours of the upper limb using vascularised fibula

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 648-661

  Rashid, Mamoon ^a   Hafeez, Sohail ^a   Zia ul Islam, Muhammad ^a   Taokeer Rizvi, Syed ^a   ur Rehman, Saad ^a   Sarmad Tamimy, Muhammad ^a   Aman, Samina ^a  

^a National Institute of Heart Diseases National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Free fibula; Latissimus dorsi; Limb reconstruction; Limb salvage; Osteosarcoma; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EWING SARCOMA; EXCISION; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOSARCOMA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 43749118919     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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