A comparison of two osteotomy techniques for tibial lengthening

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 298-300

  Eralp, Levent ^a   Kocaoǧlu, Mehmet ^a   Özkan, Korhan ^a   Türker, Mehmet ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gigli saw corticotomy; Leg length discrepancy; Percutaneous corticotomy; Poliomyelitis; Tibial lengthening

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRILL; DWARFISM; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; LEG MALFORMATION; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OSTEOTOMY; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE LENGTHENING; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOTOMY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3142699318     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-004-0646-9     Document Type: Article

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