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The use of the free vascularised bone graft for nonunion of the scaphoid: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Fractures of the scaphoid are well known to be problematic especially when complicated by avascular necrosis, nonunion and carpal collapse. Fixation techniques have involved nonvascularised bone grafting; however, in the presence of avascular necrosis, generally poor union rates (47%) oc...

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Autores principales: Al-Jabri, Talal, Mannan, Ashim, Giannoudis, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3976175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24690301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-9-21