Flexible intramedullary nails for limb lengthening: a comprehensive comparative study of three nails types
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Tibial lengthening over intramedullary nails
OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to compare the results and complications of tibial lengthening over an intramedullary nail with treatment using the traditional Ilizarov method. METHODS In this matched case study, 16 adult patients underwent 19 tibial lengthening over nails (LON) procedures. For the matched case group, 17 patients who underwent 19 Ilizarov tibial lengthenings were ret...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Materials
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1748-605X
DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/aaf60c