Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 355-362 , October 2005

Limb Lengthening with a Fully Implantable, Telescopic, Intramedullary Nail

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PII: S1048-6666(05)00044-3

doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2005.08.007

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 355-362 , October 2005

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