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Abstract
Vascularised fibula has been used to treat three patients with skin-bone defects of the foot following severe trauma. Similarity between fibula and metatarsal bone is obvious and makes fibula an ideal choice in the replacement of defects in the first metatarsal. Depending on the size of soft tissue defects, different combinations of fibula-skin transfer were used.
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Publication history
Accepted:
February 1,
1993
Received:
October 15,
1992
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© 1993 The British Asscociation of Plastic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc.
