title: Telescoping vascularized fibular graft: a new method.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-15-Jo, Nishi-7-Chome, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suenaga
authors.forename: Norimasa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
mesh_terms: 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*