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Failure of hypertrophy in revascularised fibula grafts due to stress protection
K E Bos1, P P Besselaar, L W vd Eijken
1Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Microsurgery
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Three cases of long bone reconstruction with vascularised fibula grafts are described. Hypertrophy of the graft did not occur after a follow-up of 3-5 years. Three different kinds of stress shielding appeared to prevent transformation of the graft.