Knee mobility in femoral lengthening using Ilizarov's method

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 184-189

  Motmans, Robrecht ^a,b   Lammens, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Femoral lengthening; Ilizarov; Knee mobility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; KNEE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; KNEE JOINT; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43749087766     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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