The closed wedge varus supracondylar osteotomy

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 48-55

  Marti, Rene K ^a,b   Schröder, Johannes ^a,b   Witteveen, Angelique ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Klinik Gut   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ASIF hip plate; Closed wedge osteotomy; Distal femur; Malunion distal femur; Supracondylar osteotomy; Valgus gonarthrosis; Varus osteotomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442275998     PISSN: 10601872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1060-1872(00)80025-8     Document Type: Article

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