title: Reconstruction of the first and second metatarsals with free vascularised double-barrelled fibular graft after resection of a chondrosarcoma.
abstract: We report the case of a 71-year-old woman with a chondrosarcoma originating in the first metatarsal of the left foot. We performed a wide resection and reconstructed the first and second metatarsals with a free vascularised double-barrelled fibular graft. Her limb was successfully salvaged with functional and aesthetic results. Two years after surgery, the patient is able to walk without any ortho-prosthetic devices and has returned to farm work. The details of the technique applied in this case have been described in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8560, Japan. tori@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toriyama
authors.forename: Yuzuru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamei
authors.forename: Shunjiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Mitsutoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchibori
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Shuhei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torii
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002813:Chondrosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005360:Fibula / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008682:Metatarsal Bones / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*