Limb lengthening with a submuscular locking plate

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1394-1399

  Oh, C W ^a   Song, H R ^a,b   Kim, J W ^a   Choi, J W ^a   Min, W K ^a   Park, B C ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE LENGTHENING; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CHILD; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349673313     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B10.22325     Document Type: Article

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