Lengthening of an above-knee amputation stump with the Ilizarov technique - A case report

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 326-328

  Horesh, Zvy ^a   Levy, Mark ^a   Stein, Haim ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AMPUTATION STUMP; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE;

EID: 0031850069     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679809000943     Document Type: Article

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