One-Step Treatment for Evolved Blount's Disease: Four Cases and Review of the Literature

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 747-752

  Accadbled, Franck ^b   Laville, Jean Marc ^a   Harper, Luke ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier Departemental Felix Guyon   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blount's disease; Leg lengthening; Tibia vara

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOUNT DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EPIPHYSIODESIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTHENING; LEG MALFORMATION; MALE; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 0142188626     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200311000-00012     Document Type: Article

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