Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 23-31 , January 2006

Correction of Rockerbottom Deformity Using the Butt Frame

  • Ronald J. Belczyk, DPM

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dane K. Wukich, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Kaufmann Building, Suite 911, 3471 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
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  • Dane K. Wukich, MD

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PII: S1048-6666(06)00011-5

doi: 10.1053/j.oto.2006.02.005

Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 23-31 , January 2006