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Treatment of shepherd’s crook deformity in patients with polyostotic fibrous dysplasia using a new type of custom made retrograde intramedullary nail: a technical note

AIMS: The severe form of coxa vara, the ‘shepherd’s crook deformity’, is always a consequence of a locally extensive form of polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (or McCune-Albright syndrome). Treatment of this deformity is a challenge. The soft bone does not tolerate any implant that depends on the stabil...

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Autores principales: Hefti, F., Donnan, L., Krieg, A. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28439311
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/1863-2548.11.170002