Complications of limb-lengthening in children who have an underlying bone disorder

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-24

  Naudie, Douglas ^a,b   Hamdy, Reggie C ^a,b   Fassier, François ^a,b   Duhaime, Morris ^a,b  

^a Shriners Hosp for Crippled Children ^*

^b SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENCHONDROMATOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG INJURY; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031933459     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199801000-00005     Document Type: Article

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