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Femoral lengthening with a rail external fixator: tips and tricks
1Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Liverpool Children's and Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction
|February 3, 2011
Abstract:
Lengthening the femur with an external fixator is commonly practised for a wide variety of pathologies. This technical report includes tips derived from observation and experience in a busy limb reconstruction unit. It focuses on the use of a rail fixator, although some of the descriptions are applicable to lengthening by circular fixators.

