High recurrence after calf lengthening with the Ilizarov apparatus for treatment of spastic equinus foot deformity

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-128

  Biedermann, Rainer ^a   Kaufmann, Gerhard ^a   Lair, Julian ^a   Bach, Christian ^a   Wachter, Roland ^a   Donnan, Leo ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Equinus; External fixation; Ilizarov; Spasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; PES EQUINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUINUS DEFORMITY; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33846829757     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e32801092d9     Document Type: Article

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