Limb shortening for the management of leg length discrepancy

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-54

  Coppola, Cristiano ^a   Maffulli, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leg length discrepancy; Limb shortening

Indexed keywords

BONE DEFORMATION; BONE MATURATION; EPIPHYSIODESIS; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALROTATION SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032966676     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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