Implantation of a soft-tissue expander before operation for club foot in children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 398-401

  Roposch, A ^a,b   Steinwender, G ^a   Linhart, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SKIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; SKIN; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE EXPANDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033059038     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.81B3.9341     Document Type: Article

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