Fixator-assisted acute femoral deformity correction and consecutive lengthening over an intramedullary nail

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 152-159

  Kocaoglu, Mehmet ^a   Eralp, Levent ^a   Balci, Halil I ^a   Bilen, F Erkal ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Okul Yolu Sk Arkheon Sitesi   (Turkey)

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EID: 58649109184     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00114     Document Type: Article

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