2,3 intercompartmental supraretinacular artery pedicled vascularized bone graft for scaphoid nonunions.

Scaphoid nonunion is a complex problem that may continue to exist despite conventional methods of bone grafting and internal fixation. Vascularized bone grafting has been proposed as a treatment option for scaphoid nonunions with or without avascular necrosis of the proximal pole. Zaidemberg and colleagues first introduced the dorsal distal radius graft that has gained considerable popularity in the past 2 decades.

Treatment of distal femoral fracture by minimally invasive percutaneous plate osteosynthesis: comparison between the dynamic condylar screw and the less invasive stabilization system.

Background: Treatment of distal femoral fractures by percutaneous plating without direct manipulation of the fracture fragments leads to good clinical outcome. Percutaneous plating has traditionally involved using a dynamic condylar screw (DCS) and the less invasive stabilization system (LISS) was reported. The biomechanical study showed that the LISS had the enhanced ability to withstand higher loads.

Reconstruction of limb soft-tissue defects: using pedicle perforator flaps with preservation of major vessels, a report of 45 cases.

We report on 45 pedicle perforator flaps without harvesting major vessels in limb reconstruction. Of our patients, 25 had major vessel injury resulting from their initial injury. In the upper extremities, there were 13 posterior interosseous artery perforator flaps, four ulnar artery perforator flaps and three radial artery perforator flaps.

Flow-through anterolateral thigh flap for simultaneous soft tissue and long vascular gap reconstruction in extremity injuries: anatomical study and case report.

47 dissections of cadaver thigh were studied to investigate pedicle configurations in the lateral descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral arterial system, which can be used in harvesting a flow-through anterolateral thigh flap. The descending branch arose from the lateral circumflex femoral artery in 38 of the dissections, and the mean diameter at its origin was 3.0mm (range, 2.