Tibial lengthening over nails in children using modified Ender nails: Preliminary results of a new treatment

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 383-388

  Saraph, Vinay ^a   Roposch, Andreas ^a   Zwick, Ernst Bernhard ^a   Linhart, Wolfgang E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Leg length inequality; Lengthening over nails; Modified Ender nails; Tibia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HUMAN; INTERLOCKING NAIL; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LEG LENGTHENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TIBIA OSTEOTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 8644272590     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-200411000-00007     Document Type: Article

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