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Classical Article
. 2008 Dec;466(12):2903-9.
doi: 10.1007/s11999-008-0518-7. Epub 2008 Sep 27.

The classic: On the means of lengthening, in the lower limbs, the muscles and tissues which are shortened through deformity. 1905

Alessandro Codivilla
Classical Article

The classic: On the means of lengthening, in the lower limbs, the muscles and tissues which are shortened through deformity. 1905

Alessandro Codivilla. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008 Dec.
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Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Fracture of the left femur at the middle part.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Oblique osteotomy on neck of the fracture. Same case as Fig. 1.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Deformity from fracture of the third lower part of leg.
Fig. 4
Fig. 4
Deformity from fracture of the third lower part of leg. Same case as Fig. 3.
Fig. 5
Fig. 5
Deformity from fracture at the third upper part of the right femur.
Fig. 6
Fig. 6
Osteotomy and traction (nail in the heel). Limb augmented eight centimeters in seventeen days. Same case as Fig. 5.
Fig. 7
Fig. 7
Deformity from Coxa vara.
Fig. 8
Fig. 8
Deformity from coax vara after operation. See Fig. 7.
Fig. 9
Fig. 9
A photograph, in which is represented the lower part of the apparatus, composed of the ferrules and of the nail.
Fig. 10
Fig. 10
A photograph which shows the ferrule in detail in its union with the nail. The screw is to serve only for diminishing, and not for augmenting, the traction, in cases in which for some complication it may be found necessary.
Fig. 11
Fig. 11
A diagram which shows the whole apparatus at work, while the traction and the counter-traction are applied to the two portions of the plaster apparatus.
Fig. 12
Fig. 12
Deformity from fracture of the femur. Longitudinal and angular displacement. Shortening of 5 centimeters.
Fig. 13
Fig. 13
Deformity from fracture of the femur cured. Complete disappearance of shortening and of every deformity.
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