ReviewSeminars in plastic surgery2021
Vascularized Scapular Bone Grafting: Indications, Techniques, Clinical Outcomes, and Alternatives.
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- Transforming spinal surgery with innovations in biologics and additive manufacturing.Materials today. Bio · 2025Review
- Evaluation of the results of reconstruction of large bony defects of humerus using vascularized bone grafts.Journal of hand and microsurgery · 2025Article
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Abstract
Spinal fusion can be challenging to obtain in patients with complex spinal pathology. Medial scapular vascularized bone grafts (S-VBGs) are a novel approach to supplement cervicothoracic arthrodesis in patients at high risk of failed spinal fusion. In this article, we discuss the benefits of using VBGs compared with both nonvascularized bone grafts and free vascularized bone flaps and the surgical technique, feasibility, and limitations specific to the S-VBG.
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