Secondary intramedullary nailing after distraction osteogenesis: 30 Patients followed for 2-12 years

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 481-486

  Lambiris, Elias ^a   Papadopoulos, Andreas X ^a   Karabasi, Aggeliki ^a   Karageorgos, Athanasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CALLUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; MATURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 4444302077     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016470410001286-1     Document Type: Article

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