Bone lengthening in children: How to predict the complications rate and complexity?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 634-640

  Antoci, Valentin ^a,c   Ono, Craig M ^a   Antoci Jr , Valentin ^b   Raney, Ellen M ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone lengthening; Complications rate; Lengthening percentage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; BONE REGENERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOINT CONTRACTURE; LEG LENGTHENING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; FEMUR; HUMANS; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; OSTEOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TORQUE;

EID: 33748178932     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000229977.31931.69     Document Type: Article

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