title: The value of fibular autografts in block resection of bone tumours and tumour like conditions.
abstract: Sixteen patients, aged between 6 and 29 years, underwent en bloc resection for bone tumour or tumour like conditions, supplemented by a fresh fibular autograft. The patients were observed for between 3 and 9 years showing considerable regeneration ability in the grafted fibula.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Clinic, Medical Academy of Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zwierzchowski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zwierchowska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snyder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation*; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D012038:Regeneration; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous