Implantation of a soft-tissue expander before operation for club foot in children
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Implantation of a soft-tissue expander before operation for club foot in children.
Primary skin closure after surgery for club foot in children can be difficult especially in revision operations. Between 1990 and 1996 a soft-tissue expander was implanted in 13 feet before such procedures. Two were primary operations and 11 were revisions. A standard technique was used for implantation of the expander. Skin augmentation was successful in 11 cases. There was failure of one expa...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British volume
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0301-620X,2044-5377
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.81b3.0810398