Use of the vascularized free fibula graft with an arteriovenous loop for fusion of cervical and thoracic spinal defects in previously irradiated pediatric patients

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1932-1938

  Jandali, Shareef ^a,b   Diluna, Michael L ^a,b   Storm, Phillip B ^a,b   Low, David W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE FUSION; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FIBULA; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955670689     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31820cf4a6     Document Type: Article

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