Title: Treatment of libia bone incoh erence and defect by grafting free iliac bone flap
Abstract: Objective To investigate the application of free il iac bone flap,by whichcould treat mid-dle-lower libia bone incoherenceand defect .Methods From1997-2001,9patients suffered from li bia bone incoherenceand defec t were treated by free iliac bone flap grafing.They were followed up from6months to3years after operation.Results Iliac bone flap in6cases survived normally,cris is of artery or vein appearedin2cases,in which the flap survived through proper treatment.Eight cases showedbone healing up after16weeks by X-ray;1showedbone in coherence,through grafting bone,the fracture healed up after12weeks of operation .The movementfunction of woundedlimb were satiafactory after3years of following up.Conclusion Free iliac bone flap grafting is an ef fective methodin surgical t reatment of bone incoherenceand bone defect caused by middle-lower1/3li bia comm inutedfracture.
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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