Lengthening of the congenital short femur using the Ilizarov technique: A single-surgeon series

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 962-967

  Aston, W J S ^a   Calder, P R ^a   Baker, D ^a   Hartley, J ^a   Hill, R A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEFORMATION; BONE DYSPLASIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL SHORT FEMUR; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR FRACTURE; FEMUR LENGTHENING; FEMUR MALFORMATION; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; KNEE; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PIN SITE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPSPLASTY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; RUSH PIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBLUXATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67650100723     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B7.21304     Document Type: Article

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