Microvascular Transfers in the Treatment of Massive Long‐Bone Osteomyelitis: Filling the Dugout Canoe

Jeffrey Scott Isenberg; William Costigan

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1000148

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, Table of Contents

J Reconstr Microsurg 1998; 14(2): 83-86
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000148

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Microvascular Transfers in the Treatment of Massive Long‐Bone Osteomyelitis: Filling the Dugout Canoe

Jeffrey Scott Isenberg, William Costigan

Midwest City Regional Medical Center, Oklahoma, and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The authors report an impressive small series of patients treated for post-traumatic, massive, long-bone osteomyelitis, especially in view of the extent of bone infection, the length of elapsed time since primary trauma and initial surgical intervention, and the number of previous operative procedures.

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