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Children

Temporary epiphyseodesis for limb-length discrepancy

8- to 15-year follow-up of 34 children

Markus SiedhoffDepartment of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Altonaer Children’s Hospital, Hamburg and Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
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Karsten RidderbuschDepartment of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Altonaer Children’s Hospital, Hamburg and Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
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Sandra BreyerDepartment of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Altonaer Children’s Hospital, Hamburg and Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
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Ralf StückerDepartment of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Altonaer Children’s Hospital, Hamburg and Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.
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Martin RupprechtDepartment of Pediatric Orthopaedics, Altonaer Children’s Hospital, Hamburg and Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 626-632 | Received 23 Jan 2014, Accepted 22 Jun 2014, Published online: 05 Sep 2014

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