Case reports: Lengthening and reconstruction of congenital leg deficiencies for enhanced prosthetic wear

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 495-499

  Tellisi, Nazzar ^a   Fragomen, Austin T ^a   Ilizarov, Svetlana ^a   Rozbruch, S Robert ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; LEG PROSTHESIS; LIMB DEFECT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIMB MALFORMATION; LIMB PROSTHESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 41949084945     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-007-0041-2     Document Type: Article

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