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Scientists at Technical University of Munich discuss research in life sciences

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, February 20th, 2009

According to a study from Munich, Germany, "To date, the dominant blood supply to the head of the fibula and to the growth plate is known to be the,interior tibial artery. The peroneal artery had been used before, among other donor pedicles, for microvascular transfers of this epiphyseal region."

"This study presents the long-term results of this now obsolete pedicle and compares them to other reports in the literature. Follow-up was performed in 1996 and in 2003 with six patients who Underwent wrist reconstruction in the 1980s. Procedures were performed following one resection of a malignant synovialoma, two traumatic hand amputations, and three radial aplasias....

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2009-02-20)

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