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Bone & Joint Research
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Bone & Joint Research
Vol. 5, Issue 1 | Pages 1 - 10
1 Jan 2016
Burghardt RD Manzotti A Bhave A Paley D Herzenberg JE

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to compare the results and complications of tibial lengthening over an intramedullary nail with treatment using the traditional Ilizarov method.

Methods

In this matched case study, 16 adult patients underwent 19 tibial lengthening over nails (LON) procedures. For the matched case group, 17 patients who underwent 19 Ilizarov tibial lengthenings were retrospectively matched to the LON group.