Distraction osteogenesis of the lower extremity with use of monolateral external fixation: A study of two hundred and sixty-one femora and tibiae

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 793-806

  Noonan, Kenneth J ^a   Leyes, Manuel ^b   Forriol, Francisco ^b   Cañadell, Jose ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0031862843     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199806000-00003     Document Type: Article

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