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Applications of distraction osteogenesis. Part II
1Division of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Clinics in Plastic Surgery
|January 26, 1999
Abstract:
Distraction osteogenesis is helpful for digit lengthening for congenital and post-traumatic deficits. Distraction lengthening is also helpful for soft tissue stretching such as for radial dysplasia. This article reviews some of these uses for distraction osteogenesis.