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Blocking Screw-assisted Intramedullary Nailing Using the Reverse-rule-of-thumbs for Limb Lengthening and Deformity Correction

INTRODUCTION: Historically, blocking screws have been used to assist in acute reduction of fractures during intramedullary (IM) nailing. The reverse-rule-of-thumbs (RROT) for blocking screws was introduced to facilitate internal lengthening nail use in deformity correction and limb lengthening. Our...

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Autores principales: Dabash, Sherif, Zhang, David T, Rozbruch, S Robert, Fragomen, Austin T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7376586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32742418
http://dx.doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10080-1430