Clinical Study

Vascularized Fibula Grafts for Reconstruction of Bone Defects after Resection of Bone Sarcomas

Figure 5

Resection of the proximal part of the humerus because of an osteosarcoma and reconstruction with a vascularized fibula graft including the proximal epiphysis (patient 5). X-rays taken 1 month postoperatively (a), and after 8 months when the junction was healed but the patient had just sustained a fracture of the graft (b) treated by plate ostesynthesis (c). 29 months after insertion of the graft, where the patient has had one more fracture just above the plate healed on conservative treatment; X-ray (d) and clinical photos showing active abduction (e) and extension (f) of the shoulder joint just before removal of the plate.
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