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ArticleJournal of plastic and reconstructive surgery2025

Persistent Congenital Tibial Pseudoarthrosis until Adulthood Treated with Vascularised Fibular Graft: A 17-year Follow-up.

Sitthiphong Suwannaphisit, Kenji Kawamura, Shohei Omokawa

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Article in Journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Sitthiphong SuwannaphisitDepartment of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindradhiraj University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Kenji KawamuraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan.
Shohei OmokawaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 39-year-old woman diagnosed with persistent congenital tibial pseudoarthrosis until adulthood presented with a right leg angular deformity, associated pain, and significant limb length discrepancy. Over a 17-year period, the case was closely monitored and treated through excision of the pseudarthrosis, vascularised fibular graft with bone marrow-derived and cultured mesenchymal cells, combined with highly purified β-tricalcium phosphates, internal fixation, and the application of a ring Ilizarov fixator. The successful union of bones and correction of deformities was achieved through consideration of both mechanical and biological aspects.

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complicationscongenital tibial pseudoarthrosislong-term resultstreatment

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PMID40755475
PMCPMC12310351

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