Callus distraction for the treatment of acquired radial club-hand deformity after osteomyelitis
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Callus distraction for the treatment of acquired radial club-hand deformity after osteomyelitis.
We report our experience of the use of callus distraction with a monolateral fixator for the treatment of acquired radial club-hand deformity after osteomyelitis. Between 1994 and 2004, 13 patients with a mean age of eight years (4 to 15) were treated by callus distraction with a monolateral fixator after a preliminary period of at least four weeks in a corrective short-arm cast. All patients a...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.89b11.19012