Advances in management of limb length discrepancy and lower limb deformity

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-51

  Friend, Lauren ^a   Widmann, Roger F ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epiphysiodesis hemiepiphysiodesis; External fixation; Gait; Guided growth; Limb deformity; Limb length discrepancy

Indexed keywords

BONE GROWTH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIPHYSIODESIS; FIXATION DEVICE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GAIT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGING; INCIDENCE; LEG INEQUALITY; LEG MALFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BONE LENGTHENING; CHILD; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LOWER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES;

EID: 38149067602     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3282f35eeb     Document Type: Review

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