Femoral lengthening with the Intramedullary Skeletal Kinetic Distractor

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 955-961

  Simpson, A H W R ^a   Shalaby, H ^a,b   Keenan, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR LENGTHENING; FEMUR MALFORMATION; FEMUR OSTEOTOMY; FIXATION DEVICE; FIXATION FAILURE; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; INTRAMEDULLARY SKELETAL KINETIC DISTRACTOR; LIMB; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650166108     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B7.21466     Document Type: Article

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