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Intramedullary leg lengthening with a motorized nail

Indications, challenges, and outcome in 32 patients

Andreas H KriegUniversity Children's Hospital, Basel (UKBB), SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ulrich LenzeUniversity Children's Hospital, Basel (UKBB), Switzerland
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Bernhard M SpethUniversity Children's Hospital, Basel (UKBB), Switzerland
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Carol C HaslerUniversity Children's Hospital, Basel (UKBB), Switzerland
Pages 344-350 | Received 14 Mar 2010, Accepted 07 Feb 2011, Published online: 11 May 2011

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