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Comparative Study
. 1988 Jan;70(1):69-73.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.70B1.3339063.

Lengthening of the lower limbs in achondroplastic patients. A comparative study of four techniques

R Aldegheri  1 , G Trivella, L Renzi-Brivio, G Tessari, S Agostini, F Lavini
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Comparative Study

Lengthening of the lower limbs in achondroplastic patients. A comparative study of four techniques

R Aldegheri et al. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1988 Jan.

Abstract

We report our experience of lengthening by over 30% a total of 117 lower limbs in achondroplastic patients. We have compared four methods: transverse osteotomy, oblique osteotomy, callotasis of the shaft and chondrodiatasis of the epiphysis. Chrondrodiatasis of the femur and callotasis of the tibia are the techniques which gave fewest complications.

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