title: Simplified technique for isolating vascularized rib periosteal grafts.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Badran
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Safe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: el Fayoumy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010521:Periosteum / Q000637:transplantation*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*