Large bone defects resulting from musculoskeletal tumours, infections, or trauma are often
unable to heal spontaneously. The challenge for surgeons is to avoid amputation, and …

The aim of this narrative review is to describe the various surgical management strategies
employed in fracture-related infection (FRI), to explore how they are selected and discuss …

Background Pediatric sarcomas are the most common malignancies of bones in childhood.
With advances in adjuvant treatment, limb salvage surgery has become common, increasing …

The use of microsurgery has spread during the last decades, making resolvable many
complex defects considered hitherto inapproachable. Although the small vessel diameter in …

Congenital pseudarthrosis of forearm fractures is rare and is strongly associated with
neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Our case report illustrates the progression of a non-union of …

The morbidity of free fibula flap (FFF) in pediatric patients has gained attention. Thus, we
aimed to evaluate donor-site morbidity after FFF harvesting in pediatric patients and its …

Введение. Псевдоартрозы и костные дефекты у детей являются наиболее частым
следствием развивающегося нейрофиброматоза I типа–редкого наследственного …

Background Osteofibrous dysplasia (OFD) is a rare non neoplastic, self-limited intracortical
fibro-osseous lesion that most commonly affects the diaphysis of the tibia and fibula of …

This video reviews the technique of a vascularized fibula flap for pediatric tibia
reconstruction. A 4-year-old boy with a history of a left tibial infected nonunion status after …

Abstract Background Vascularized bone grafts (VBGs) are currently the main surgical option
for the restoration of humeral bone defects particularly when defects are larger than 6 cm …