Treatment of recalcitrant femur nonunion with pedicled corticoperiosteal medial femoral condyle flap

Abstract Periosteal or osteoperiosteal medial femoral condyle (MFC) flaps may be good options for atrophic nonunion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of pedicled MFC flap in the treatment of recalcitrant femur nonunion without bone defect. Thirteen patients (11 male...

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Main Authors: Ali Özdemir, Egemen Odabaşı, Ebubekir Eravsar, Selim Safalı, Mehmet Ali Acar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47432-x