Cosmetic bilateral leg lengthening

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1402-1405

  Catagni, Maurizio A ^a   Lovisetti, L ^a   Guerreschi, F ^a   Combi, A ^a   Ottaviani, G ^b  

^a A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE SCREW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FIBULA OSTEOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PES EQUINUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VARUS KNEE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27244446293     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B10.16468     Document Type: Article

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