Vascularised fibula grafts for early tibia reconstruction in infants with congenital pseudarthrosis

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1699-1704

  Erni, Dominique ^a   De Kerviler, Sora ^a   Hertel, Ralph ^b   Slongo, Theddy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Lindenhofspital ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

External fixator; Free fibula flap; Neurofibromatosis; Paediatric plastic surgery; Von Recklinghausen disease

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL PSEUDARTHROSIS; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE NONUNION; GAIT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIMB; MALE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PERIOSTEUM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; TIBIA; VALGUS DEFORMITY; ANASTOMOSIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FIBULA; FRACTURE FIXATION; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INFANT; MALE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956695112     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.09.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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