The Evolution of Remote-Controlled Intramedullary Lengthening and Compression Nails.

Green, Stuart A · J Orthop Trauma · 2017

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Abstract

The operative elongation of limbs has long been a goal of orthopaedic surgeons. Indeed, the very first external skeletal fixators, although designed for stabilization of displaced fractures, were also used to overcome the posttrauma shortening that so commonly accompanies fracture deformities.

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