Reconstruction of a Massive Femoral Bone Defect Using a Double-barreled Free Vascularized Fibular Bone Graft After Wide Resection of Femoral Chondrosarcoma

Salvaging the limb after malignant bone tumor ablation is a tough challenge for a reconstructive surgeon confronting such extensive bone defects. A 40-year-old male without any underlying disease was incidentally diagnosed with a chondrosarcoma over his left femoral bone. An orthopedic surgeon did a...

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Main Authors: Chun-Hui Chu, I-Ming Jou, Shyh-Jou Shieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2009-10-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X09705480