The etiology of short stature affects the clinical outcome of lower limb lengthening using external fixation: A systematic review of 18 trials involving 547 patients

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...

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Autores principales: Kim, Seung-Ju, Pierce, Wendy, Sabharwal, Sanjeev
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2014
Materias:
Lower Extremity
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3967262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24650027
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2014.899856

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3967262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24650027
http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2014.899856

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