Growth patterns after lengthening of congenitally short lower limbs in young children

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-145

  Sabharwal, Sanjeev ^b   Paley, Dror ^a,c   Bhave, Anil ^c   Herzenberg, John E ^c  

^a Kernan Hospital   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital short femur; Fibular hemimelia; Growth pattern; Growth rate; Ilizarov; Limb lengthening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FIBULA HEMIMELIA; HEMIMELIA; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FEMUR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TIBIA;

EID: 0034100319     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-200003000-00002     Document Type: Article

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