Wound Care
Free vascularized fibular grafts used to reconstruct large skeletal defects in bone tumor patients
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 3rd, 2006
According to recent research published in the Journal of Surgical Oncology, "Limb salvage is viable in the majority of patients with malignant bone tumors, but especially in case of extensive tumors and bad soft tissue conditions, it is challenging in upper extremity. The clinical and radiological results of 21 patients, who had free VFG, for diaphyseal (14), and epipyseal (7) defect reconstruction of the upper extremity, are presented."
"The indications for VFG were resection after osteosarcoma (9 cases), Ewings sarcoma (9...
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