title: Vascularized free fibula transfer in the treatment of bone tumours. Report of three cases.
abstract: The surgical treatment of two cases of bone tumours and one case of a tumour-like lesion are reported in this article. The tumours were resected radically and the massive bone defect or bone cavity were substituted by vascularized free fibula transfer. All of them were cured by early union. Neither atrophy nor non-union between the graft and the recipient bone occurred. Early restoration of function was observed. Our experiences of isolating the graft and the operative procedure are discussed. We believe that this method has prospects not only in the field of treatment of bone tumours but also in the management of bone defects or non-union due to various other causes.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000601:surgery; D005360:Fibula / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D011884:Radius / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014945:Wound Healing