A review of 240 patients undergoing distraction osteogenesis for congenital post-traumatic or postinfective lower limb length discrepancy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 394-402

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Lombari, Corrado ^b   Matarazzo, Lorenzo ^b   Nele, Ubaldo ^b   Pagnotta, Gaetano ^c   Fixsen, John A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Ospedale Fatebenefratelli di Napoli   (Italy)

^c BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE LENGTHENING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMUR; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029936531     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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