Multilevel cervical reconstruction with no remaining hardware: The potential of a vascularised fibular strut graft

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Vrints, I ^a   Depreitere, B ^a   Vranckx, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cervical chordoma; Cervical corpectomy; Cervical spine reconstruction; Fibula strut graft; Free vascularised fibula

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL CHORDOMA; CERVICAL SPINE; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FIBULA STRUT GRAFT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDICLE SCREW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; SALIVA LEAK; SKIN ISLAND FLAP; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

BIOPSY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHORDOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84870291516     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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