title: Successful Harvest of Free Fibula Flap in a Rare Anomalous Variant of the Peroneal Artery.
abstract: We present a case of successful harvest and anastomosis of a free fibula flap with 15 cm of bone where the peroneal artery was only 1.0 cm long and situated in the distal 1/3rd of the fibula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai 9th Peoples Hospital, 639 Zhi-zao-ju Road, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Wales, UK.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai 9th Peoples Hospital, 639 Zhi-zao-ju Road, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shanghui
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, Wales, UK.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kittur
keywords: Fibula; Peroneal artery; Variant