Effect on knee flexion of a modification to the surgical technique of pin placement during femoral lengthening

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 307-312

  Simpson, Hamish ^a   Barker, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Femoral lengthening; Ilizarov; Knee range of motion

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENCHONDROMATOSIS; HEMIMELIA; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG LENGTHENING; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036786063     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-200210000-00008     Document Type: Article

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