First clinical experience with a noninvasively extendable endoprosthesis: A limb-saving procedure in children suffering from a malignant bone tumor

Artificial Organs

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 413-417

  Verkerke, Gijsbertus J ^a   Koops, Heimen Schraffordt ^b   Veth, René P H ^b   Van Horn, Jim R ^b   Postma, Liedeke ^c   Grootenboer, Henk J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

clinical study; extendable endoprosthesis; limb salvage; modular; osteosarcoma; tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS;

BONE TUMOR; CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; CLINICAL STUDY; ENDOPROSTHESES; EXTENDABLE ENDOPROSTHESIS; LEG LENGTH; LIMB SALVAGE; MODULARS; OSTEOSARCOMAS; TUMOR RESECTION;

TUMORS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; LIMB SALVAGE; LIMB TUMOR; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 8244222293     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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