The Callotasis Method of Limb Lengthening

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-17

  Şahin, Vedat ^a   Argun, Mahmut ^a   Türk, C Yildirim ^a   Baktir, Ali ^a   Gökçe, Akif ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Callotasis method; Limb lengthening; Orthofix device

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TIBIA; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031083731     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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