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Vascularized fibular graft to replace resected cervical vertebral bodies. Case report
S R Freidberg1, G J Gumley, B A Pfeifer
1Department of Neurosurgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts.
Journal of Neurosurgery
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
Use of a vascularized free fibular graft is described as a method of replacing excised cervical vertebrae when severe instability is present. The vascularized bone graft heals more rapidly and with greater strength than a nonvascularized autogenous graft.