[Vascularized fibular grafts in the reconstruction of bone defects caused by war injuries].

The efficiency of the vascularized fibular graft application in the reconstruction of diaphyseal defects of the long bone of extremities caused by war injuries was prospectively investigated in the group of 33 patients in the period 1991-1996, during the war in the former Yugoslavia. The preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative procedures were systematized. Early and late complications in donor and recipient regions were shown. The primary success was 63.6% and the total one was 93.9%. The efficiency of the vascularized fibular graft in the treatment of bone defects caused by war injuries could be compared with bone defects caused by trauma or by resection of malignant tumors.