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Reconstruction of the lateral malleolus using a reverse-flow vascularized fibular head: a case report
1Al-Babtain Centre for Plastic Reconstructive Surgery and Burns, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Safat, Kuwait.
Microsurgery
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
We report a case of a 7-year-old girl in whom a vascularized fibular head with preserved epiphyseal and metaphyseal blood supply was used to reconstruct the missing lateral malleolus. Two-year follow-up showed good bony stability and growth potential of the transplanted epiphyseal plate.