Managing flexion knee deformity using a circular frame

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2995-3002

  Hosny, Gamal Ahmed ^a   Fadel, Mohamed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b El Minia Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CHILD; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEMIMELIA; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LEG MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLIOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTHROPATHY; CONTRACTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHROGRYPOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRACTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; KNEE JOINT; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOTOMY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149293637     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0530-y     Document Type: Article

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