Single-stage multilevel soft-tissue surgery in the lower limbs with spastic cerebral palsy: Experience from a rehabilitation unit

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 448-453

  Gupta, Anupam ^a   Srivastava, Abhishek ^a   Taly, Arun ^a   Murali, Thyloth ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Corrective surgery; Deformity; Spastic cerebral palsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349090652     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: 19983727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.43395     Document Type: Article

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