Congenital tibial deficiencies: Treatment using the Ilizarov's external fixator

Orthopaedics and Traumatology: Surgery and Research

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 431-436

  Courvoisier, A ^a   Sailhan, F ^a   Thevenin Lemoine, C ^a   Vialle, R ^a   Damsin, J P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Congenital angular deformity Congenital tibial deficiency; Ilizarov fixator

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL TIBIAL DEFICIENCY TYPE 1; CONGENITAL TIBIAL DEFICIENCY TYPE 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ILIZAROV FIXATOR; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INFANT; KNEE FUNCTION; LEG LENGTHENING; MALE; NEWBORN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INFANT; LOWER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA;

EID: 72049092022     PISSN: 18770568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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