Plating after lengthening (PAL): Technical notes and preliminary clinical experiences

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 889-893

  Uysal, Mustafa ^a   Akpinar, Sercan ^a   Cesur, Necip ^a   Hersekli, Murat Ali ^a   Tandoğan, Reha N ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone plates; External fixators; Ilizarov technique; Internal fixator; Lengthening; Minimally invasive

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION OSTEOSYNTHESIS; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLATE FIXATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN IRRITATION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 35448977823     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-007-0442-4     Document Type: Article

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