Correction of Blount's disease by a multi-axial external fixation system

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-299

  Pandya, Nirav K ^a   Clarke, Sylvan E ^a,b,c   McCarthy, James J ^a,b,d   Horn, B David ^a   Hosalkar, Harish S ^a,e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blount's disease; Deformity correction; External fixation; Osteotomy; Tibia vara

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049116140     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-009-0172-y     Document Type: Article

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