Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1699-1704 , October 2010

Vascularised fibula grafts for early tibia reconstruction in infants with congenital pseudarthrosis

  • Dominique Erni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 31 632 81 35; fax: +41 31 382 44 96.
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  • Sora De Kerviler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Ralph Hertel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Lindenhofspital, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Theddy Slongo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Received 14 May 2009 ,Accepted 20 September 2009.

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☆ This work was presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS) in Madeira, 29–31 May 2008, Funchal, Portugal.

PII: S1748-6815(09)00713-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.09.016

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 63, Issue 10 , Pages 1699-1704 , October 2010

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