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Femoral lengthening might impair physical function and lead to structural changes in adjacent joints: 10 patients with 27 to 34 years’ follow-up

Background and purpose — Literature describing long-term functional outcome and osteoarthritis (OA) in adjacent joints after femoral lengthening is rare. We evaluated physical function and the presence of radiographic OA in adjacent joints in 10 patients ≥ 27 years after femoral lengthening. Patient...

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Autores principales: Bjørge, Patrick A, Tveter, Anne-Therese, Steen, Harald, Gunderson, Ragnhild, Horn, Joachim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8231406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33410356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2020.1866864