Femoral lengthening with a rail external fixator: tips and tricks

Lengthening the femur with an external fixator is commonly practised for a wide variety of pathologies. This technical report includes tips derived from observation and experience in a busy limb reconstruction unit. It focuses on the use of a rail fixator, although some of the descriptions are appli...

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Autor principal: Nayagam, Selvadurai
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2010
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Technical Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21286358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-010-0098-4
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description Lengthening the femur with an external fixator is commonly practised for a wide variety of pathologies. This technical report includes tips derived from observation and experience in a busy limb reconstruction unit. It focuses on the use of a rail fixator, although some of the descriptions are applicable to lengthening by circular fixators.
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spelling pubmed-29946272010-12-15 Femoral lengthening with a rail external fixator: tips and tricks Nayagam, Selvadurai Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr Technical Report Lengthening the femur with an external fixator is commonly practised for a wide variety of pathologies. This technical report includes tips derived from observation and experience in a busy limb reconstruction unit. It focuses on the use of a rail fixator, although some of the descriptions are applicable to lengthening by circular fixators. Springer Milan 2010-11-04 2010-12 /pmc/articles/PMC2994627/ /pubmed/21286358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11751-010-0098-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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Femoral lengthening with a rail external fixator: tips and tricks
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title_full Femoral lengthening with a rail external fixator: tips and tricks
title_fullStr Femoral lengthening with a rail external fixator: tips and tricks
title_full_unstemmed Femoral lengthening with a rail external fixator: tips and tricks
title_short Femoral lengthening with a rail external fixator: tips and tricks
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994627/
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