Corrective lower limb osteotomies in children using temporary external fixation and percutaneous locking plates

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-143

  Bar On, Elhanan ^a,b   Becker, Tali ^a   Katz, Kalman ^a   Velkes, Steven ^c   Salai, Moshe ^c   Weigl, Daniel M ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

External fixation; Limb deformity; Locking plate; Osteotomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349086265     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-009-0165-x     Document Type: Article

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