Use of a soft tissue expander before surgical treatment of clubfoot in children and adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 353-356

  Rosselli, Pablo ^a,b   Reyes, Rodolfo ^a   Medina, Astrid ^a   Céspedes, Luis Jose ^a  

^a Instituto de Ortopedia Infantil Roosevelt   (Colombia)

^b Asociacion Medica de Los Andes   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Clubfoot; Dimeglio classification; Orthopaedic procedures; Tissue expansion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOT SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NECROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TISSUE EXPANSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 17844386807     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000152911.98119.8b     Document Type: Article

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