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Abstract
The use of the Wagner leg lengthening external fixator is described in six patients
with extensive segmental fractures of the femoral shaft. Good fixation of the fracture
is combined with the facility for distraction and lengthening of the early reparative
callus up to 10 weeks after injury. The method is recommended for those patients in
whom shortening and malalignment of the fracture persist as union proceeds.
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References
- Ackroyd C.E. O'Connor B. The Severely Injured Limb. Churchill Livingstone, London1983
- Leg length discrepancy.in: Hungerford D.S. Progress in Orthopaedic Surgery. Springer-Verlag, Berlin1971
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Publication history
Accepted:
October 4,
1985
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© 1986 Published by Elsevier Inc.
