Simplified technique for isolating vascularized rib periosteal grafts.
A modified technique for obtaining a vascularized rib periosteal segment utilizing the posterolateral approach is presented. The technique avoids the inclusion of a large muscle cuff or the pleura around the isolated rib segment and therefore minimizes donor-site morbidity and chest complications previously associated with this approach.
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Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
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D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010521:Periosteum / Q000637:transplantation*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*