Femoral lengthening over an intramedullary nail. A matched-case comparison with ilizarov femoral lenghtening

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1464-1480

  Paley, Dror ^a   Herzenberg, John E ^a   Paremain, Guy ^b   Bhave, Anil ^a  

^a Kernan Hospital   (United States)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030703727     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199710000-00003     Document Type: Article

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