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Microsurgical Reconstruction of Skeletal Defects
Authors: Dailiana, Zoe
Varitimidis, Sokratis
Malizos, Konstantinos
Reviewer: Hantes, Michael
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Abstract:
The advancement of microsurgery has introduced new alternatives for limb reconstruction and bridging of bone defects. Skeletal defects may result from trauma, infections, non-unions, or bone tumors. The salvage of an open tibial fracture with significant tissue loss is possible through free tissue transfer. The same applies to tumor resections in the limbs, where complex tissue transfer enables limb preservation. Vascularized bone grafts can be harvested from the fibula, iliac crest, or scapula for large defects, and from the distal radius or metacarpals for defects involving wrist and hand bones. Flaps used for bridging bone defects may be osseous, periosteal, or composite, involving simultaneous transfer of skin, fascia, and muscle.
Graphic Editors: Charalampidou, Anastasia
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/1994
Bibliographic Reference: Dailiana, Z., Varitimidis, S., & Malizos, K. (2015). Microsurgical Reconstruction of Skeletal Defects [Chapter]. In Dailiana, Z., Varitimidis, S., & Malizos, K. 2015. Microsurgery [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/1994
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Microsurgery
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions