Simultaneous ipsilateral femoral and tibial lengthening with the Ilizarov method

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 386-390

  Curran, Andrew R ^a   Kuo, Ken N ^a,b   Lubicky, John P ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Department of Orthopedic Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Leg lengthening; Leg length discrepancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACTURE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032910458     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-199905000-00019     Document Type: Article

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