Limb lengthening in short-stature patients using monolateral and circular external fixators

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 280-284

  Lie, Chester W H ^a   Chow, W ^b  

^a The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Body height; Bone lengthening; Ilizarov technique; Leg growth development; Osteogenesis, distraction

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDROPLASIA; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; JOINT STIFFNESS; LEG LENGTHENING; LONG BONE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT STATURE; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349435407     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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