Stress fracture of the tibia following a vascularised free fibular flap

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Kabadaya, M S ^a   Beausang, E ^a   Stassen, L F A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Free fibula flap; Morbidity of the donor site; Oral cancer; Stress fracture of the tibia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MANDIBLE RESECTION; MANDIBLE TUMOR; MAXILLA RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEEK; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 51349093814     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.07.013     Document Type: Article

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