The biology of bone lengthening [PDF]
Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2016 Distraction osteogenesis biologically resembles fracture healing with distinctive characteristics notably in the distraction phase of osteogenesis. In the latency phase of bone lengthening, like in the inflammatory phase of fracture repair, interleukines
Ivan Hvid +3 more
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Importance of bone health in bone lengthening [PDF]
Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America: Distraction osteogenesis describes the process of growing new bone (“regenerate”) to correct limb length discrepancies or limb deformities. Whether pure lengthening or a combination of lengthening and straightening is involved, this represents one of ...
Christopher Iobst, MD, FAAOS, FAOA +2 more
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Long bone deformity correction and bone lengthening procedures [PDF]
Journal of Children's Orthopaedics, 2016 [No abstract available]
Pierre Lascombes, Hakan Omeroglu
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Complications and risk factors of intramedullary bone lengthening nails: a retrospective multicenter cohort study of 314 FITBONE and PRECICE nails [PDF]
Acta Orthopaedica, 2023 Background and purpose: Intramedullary bone-lengthening nails have become increasingly popular. The 2 most used and successful nails are the FITBONE and the PRECICE nails.
Markus W Frost +5 more
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Bone Healing Monitoring in Bone Lengthening Using Bioimpedance. [PDF]
J Healthc Eng, 2022 The most common technique of orthopedic surgical procedure for the correction of deformities is bone lengthening by “distraction osteogenesis,” which requires periodic and ongoing bone assessment following surgery. Bone impedance is a noninvasive, quantitative method of assessing bone fracture healing.
Sadoughi F +8 more
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Preliminary Results of Bone Lengthening over Telescopic Titanium Intramedullary Rod [PDF]
Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2023 Background. Limb lengthening and deformity correction in patients with abnormal bone associating fragility often require an approach combining methods of external and internal fixation.
Eduard Mingazov +4 more
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Bone Lengthening Radius using Limb Reconstruction System - A Successful Treatment for Radius Shortening: A Case Report [PDF]
Malaysian Orthopaedic JournalFractures of the distal radius are the most common type of forearm fractures seen in children. The most serious outcome of physeal injuries is growth arrest, which can result in deformity and even significant differences in limb length.
Muhammad-Zaidulkhair MR +2 more
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Osmotic pump with potential for bone lengthening distracts continuously in vitro and in vivo. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 BackgroundIn pediatric orthopedics, long bone lengthening procedures are routinely performed using manual, motorized or magnetically controlled implants.
Sebastian Lippross +13 more
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Systematic review of complications with externally controlled motorized intramedullary bone lengthening nails (FITBONE and PRECICE) in 983 segments [PDF]
Acta Orthopaedica, 2020 Background and purpose — In recent years motorized intramedullary lengthening nails have become increasingly popular. Complications are heterogeneously reported in small case series and therefore we made a systematic review of complications occurring in ...
Markus W Frost +4 more
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Pseudoaneurysm as an unusual complication in bone lengthening. [PDF]
JPRAS OpenOne of the risks of distraction osteogenesis-based techniques is the development of vascular complications, such as pseudoaneurysms associated with the osteotomies performed or the fixation elements of the external fixator used in the procedure. Pseudoaneurysm are formed when the tunica adventitia of the artery is injured, resulting in a gradual and ...
Martínez Ros J +9 more
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