The use of free vascularised bone grafts in spinal reconstruction

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 516-523

  Winters, H A H ^a   van Engeland, A E ^a   Jiya, T U ^a   van Royen, B J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fibula flap; Free vascularised bone graft; Iliac crest flap; Microsurgery; Spinal deformities; Spinal reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; FREE VASCULARISED BONE GRAFT; GRAFT PERFUSION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; ILIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149174057     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.11.037     Document Type: Article

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