Growth rate after limb deformity correction by the Ilizarov method with or without knee joint distraction Lengthening in 30 children followed for at least 2 years

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-343

  Oostenbroek, Hubert J ^a,b   Brand, Ronald ^b   Van Roermund, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; KNEE; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE JOINT INSTABILITY; LEG LENGTH; LIMB DEFORMITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEG; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; KNEE JOINT; LEG; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350596482     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453670903025345     Document Type: Article

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