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Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatología
Print version ISSN 0864-215XOn-line version ISSN 1561-3100
Abstract
TARRAGONA REINOSO, RICARDO; NAVARRO GONZALEZ, ALFREDO and CASTRO SOTO DEL VALLE, ANTONIO. Bone lengthening of the tibia with vascularized osteomyocutaneous graft of the perone: Case report. Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol [online]. 1998, vol.12, n.1-2, pp.104-106. ISSN 0864-215X.
A patient who underwent a vascularized osteomyocutaneous graft of the perone and then a bone lengthening of 6 cm with satisfactory evolution, is presented. This way, 2 techniques that are very useful for the treatment of complicated tibial fractures are exposed.
Keywords : BONE LENGTHENING [methods]; BONE TRANSPLANTATION [methods]; TIBIAL FRACTURES [surgery]; TIBIAL FRACTURES [complications]; FRACTURES, OPEN [surgery].