Free vascularised fibular grafting combined with a locking plate for massive bone defects in the lower limbs: A retrospective analysis of fibular hypertrophy in 18 cases

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1090-1095

  Gao, You Shui ^a   Ai, Zi Sheng ^b   Yu, Xiao Wei ^a   Sheng, Jia Gen ^a   Jin, Dong Xu ^a   Chen, Sheng Bao ^a   Cheng, Xiang Guo ^a   Zhang, Chang Qing ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Fibular hypertrophy; Free vascularised fibular grafting; Lower limbs; Massive bone defects; Reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIBULA GRAFT; FIBULAR HYPERTROPHY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FREE VASCULARISED FIBULAR GRAFTING; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; INFECTION; LEG DISEASE; LENGTH OF BONE DEFECT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIBIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOLAR PLATE FIXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BONE PLATES; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862843442     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2012.01.024     Document Type: Article

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