Spatial frame correction of anterior growth arrest of the proximal tibia: Report of three cases

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 61-64

  Siapkara, Angeliki ^a   Nordin, Louise ^a   Hill, Robert A ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth arrest; Leg length discrepancy; Spatial frame

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTHESITIS; GENU RECURVATUM; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LEG LENGTHENING; LEG MALFORMATION; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAYLOR SPATIAL FRAME; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INJURY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; OSTEOTOMY; TIBIA; TIBIA FRACTURE;

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; GROWTH PLATE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; OSTEOTOMY; TIBIA; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 45149130312     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e3282f56dc1     Document Type: Article

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