Long-term evaluation of donor site morbidity after free fibula transfer

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-270

  Sieg, Peter ^a   Taner, Ceylan ^a   Hakim, Samer George ^a   Jacobsen, Hans Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Donor site morbidity; Free fibula flaps; Microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; DONOR SITE; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; GAIT DISORDER; GRAFT NECROSIS; HALLUX; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIMB DYSESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TOE MALFORMATION; WALKING AID; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

ANKLE JOINT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CANES; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT DEFORMITIES; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RISK FACTORS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TOES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77952106452     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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