The current role of the vascularized-fibular osteocutaneous graft in the treatment of segmental defects of the upper extremity

Microsurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 183-189

  Hollenbeck, Scott T ^a   Komatsu, Issei ^a   Woo, Shoshana ^a   Schoeman, Mark ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Erdmann, Detlev ^a   Levin, L Scott ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM INJURY; BONE CANCER; BONE DEFECT; BONE GRAFT; COMPOSITE GRAFT; EWING SARCOMA; FIBULA; FIBULA GRAFT; FOREARM; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MICROSURGERY; OSTEOCUTANEOUS FLAP; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULARIZED FIBULAR OSTEOCUTANEOUS GRAFT;

BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FIBULA; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 79952604219     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20703     Document Type: Review

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