Modified Capanna’s Technique (Vascularized Free Fibula Combined with Allograft) as a Single-Stage Procedure in Post-traumatic Long-Segment Defects of the Lower End of the Femur: Outcome Analysis of a Series of 19 Patients with an Average Gap of 14 cm

Modified Capanna’s Technique (Vascularized Free Fibula Combined with Allograft) as a Single-Stage Procedure in Post-traumatic Long-Segment Defects of the Lower End of the Femur: Outcome Analysis of a Series of 19 Patients with an Average Gap of 14 cm

Objectives Salvage and reconstruction of posttraumatic defects of the long bone are complex due to the multiple procedures involved and increased chances of poor outcomes. We present the outcomes of the modified Capanna’s technique—a reliable single-stage procedure of combining allograft and free va...

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Main Authors: Dheenadhayalan Jayaramaraju, Hari Venkataramani, Raja Bhaskara Rajasekaran, Devendra Agraharam, Shanmuganathan Raja Sabapathy, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2019-09-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
capanna technique
allograft
vascularized fibula
distal femur bone defect
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-3400672

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