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Limb lengthening over a nail can safely reduce the duration of external fixation

BACKGROUND: Limb lengthening using Ilizarov external fixation is safe, but the consolidation phase tends to take too long. A method that can safely reduce the time spent in external fixation would help increase patient tolerance and comfort. We report our results of lengthening over nails (LON) meth...

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Autor principal: Chaudhary, Milind
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2739482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19753160
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.41857