Vascularized fibula flap onlay for salvage of pathologic fracture of the long bones

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2001-2009

  Friedrich, Jeffrey B ^a   Moran, Steven L ^a   Bishop, Allen T ^a   Wood, Christina M ^a   Shin, Alexander Y ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CAMURATI ENGELMANN DISEASE; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROMA; DISEASE DURATION; EWING SARCOMA; FEMUR FRACTURE; FIBROSARCOMA; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; FIBULA GRAFT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRAFT FAILURE; HEMANGIOMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIMB SALVAGE; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYXOSARCOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; TIBIA FRACTURE; VASCULARIZATION; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; BONE TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48049117151     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31817123f1     Document Type: Article

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