What's new in limb lengthening and deformity correction

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-221

  Sabharwal, Sanjeev ^a   Green, Stuart ^b   McCarthy, Jim ^c   Hamdy, Reggie C ^d  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOUNT DISEASE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIMB DEFORMITY; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY;

EID: 79251478048     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.J.01420     Document Type: Review

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