Transplantation of fibula with vascular pedicle for fusion of ankle in leprotic drop-foot.
Devascularized bone grafts are pieces of dead bone and they simply serve as scaffolds for new bone to grow and fill the gap, taking a long time when they succeed in doing so. In contrast, vascularized grafts being living tissues have short healing time, great vitality and strong infection-resisting capacity. We report here the successful use of vascularized grafts of the lower end of fibula for fusing the ankle in five leprosy patients.
Dong
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Zunyi Hospital, 4650 Road, Gong He Xin, Shanghai 200 435, PR China.
Li
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Jiang
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Zhang
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D000328:Adult; D000843:Ankle Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000637:transplantation*; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010543:Peroneal Nerve / Q000098:blood supply