Length of Vascularized Fibula Graft Utilized and Union: Is There a Relationship?

Abstract Background Vascularized fibula grafting is used in the treatment of large skeletal defects, recalcitrant atrophic nonunions, and infected nonunions. Few studies have examined the factors contributing to nonunion of the graft at one or both graft–recipient junctions. The purpose...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jacob Didesch, Virak Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2016-02-01
Series:Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery Open
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0036-1571294