Telescoping vascularized fibular graft: a new method.
The authors describe a case of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia treated with a telescoping vascularized fibular graft. The advantages of this new method are that bone union and leg-length discrepancy may be corrected simultaneously.
Minami
Akio
A
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-15-Jo, Nishi-7-Chome, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
Kato
Hiroyuki
H
Suenaga
Naoki
N
Iwasaki
Norimasa
N
D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005360:Fibula / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D018889:Ilizarov Technique; D007223:Infant; D007870:Leg Length Inequality / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*