Vascularized Medial Femoral Condyle Graft for Thumb Metacarpal Reconstruction: Case Report

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 715-718

  Sammer, Douglas M ^a   Bishop, Allen T ^a   Shin, Alexander Y ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

medial femoral condyle; metacarpal osteomyelitis; metacarpal reconstruction; thumb reconstruction; Vascularized bone graft

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; BONE PLATE; BONE REMODELING; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMUR CONDYLE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; LONG BONE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; METACARPAL BONE FRACTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIOSTEUM GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB; VASCULAR BONE GRAFT;

ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; FRACTURES, OPEN; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROSURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; THUMB; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63349103223     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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