The free vascularized fibular epiphyseal transfer: Long-term results of wrist reconstruction in young patients

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Papadopulos, Nikolaos A ^a,b   Weigand, Christian ^a   Kovacs, Laszlo ^a   Biemer, Edgar ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Long term results; Vascularized fibular epiphyseal transfer; Wrist reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BONE NECROSIS; BONE REMODELING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIPHYSIS; FEMALE; FIBULA; FIBULA GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH PLATE; HAND AMPUTATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; METAPHYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIUS APLASIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULARIZED FIBULAR EPIPHYSEAL TRANSFER; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VESSEL; WRIST RECONSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; BONE NEOPLASMS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RADIUS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNA;

EID: 58149392754     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1090614     Document Type: Article

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