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Lengthening and reconstruction of congenital leg deficiencies for enhanced prosthetic wear
Nazzar Tellisi1, Austin T Fragomen, Svetlana Ilizarov
1Institute for Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
|January 16, 2008
Abstract:
Congenital limb deficiencies with severe shortening and/or deformity can be difficult to fit with a prosthesis. We report two patients in whom gradual lengthening and deformity correction with the Ilizarov/Taylor spatial frame was used to improve prosthesis fit, comfort, and gait.
