Spinal reconstruction for osteomyelitis with free vascularized fibular grafts using intra-abdominal recipient vessels: A series of three cases

Microsurgery

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 560-566

  Aliano, Kristen A ^a   Agulnick, Marc ^b   Cohen, Benjamin ^c   Gonya, Gary ^d   Low, Christopher ^a   Stavrides, Steve ^a   Addona, Tommaso ^a   Goncalves, John ^e   Shin, David ^f   Kilgo, Matthew S ^a   Davenport, Thomas A ^a  

^a Long Island Plastic Surgical Group   (United States)

^b Reconstructive Spine Surgery   (United States)

^c Neurological Surgery   (United States)

^d Winthrop University Hospital ^*

^e WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Nassau Surgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FIBULA GRAFT; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABDOMEN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIBULA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINE FUSION; SPONDYLITIS; TRANSPLANTATION; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRA;

ABDOMEN; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FIBULA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL FUSION; SPONDYLITIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885949813     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.22150     Document Type: Article

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