Treatment of fixed knee flexion deformity and crouch gait using distal femur extension osteotomy in cerebral palsy

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-43

  Morais Filho, Mauro C ^a,b,e   Neves, Daniella Lins ^a   Abreu, Fábio Peluzo ^a   Juliano, Yara ^c   Guimarães, Leandro ^d  

^a AACD   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

^d São Franscisco Hospital   (Brazil)

^e NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebral Palsy; Distal femur extension osteotomy; Knee flexion deformity

Indexed keywords

EID: 39549118894     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-007-0073-x     Document Type: Article

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