Limb lengthening over a nail can safely reduce the duration of external fixation
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The etiology of short stature affects the clinical outcome of lower limb lengthening using external fixation
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Distraction osteogenesis (DO) has been used to gain height in short statured individuals. However, there have been no studies comparing the clinical outcome of limb lengthening based on the etiology of the short stature. We assessed whether different underlying diagnoses are associated with varied clinical outcomes in these patients. METHODS We performed a systematic re...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0019-5413
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.41857