Lengthening of congenital below-elbow amputation stumps by the Ilizarov technique

Alekberov, C; Karatosun, VASFİ; Baran, O; Gunal, I

doi:10.1302/0301-620x.82b2.9967

Lengthening of congenital below-elbow amputation stumps by the Ilizarov technique

Alekberov C., Karatosun V. A., Baran O., Gunal I.

JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME, cilt.82B, sa.2, ss.239-241, 2000 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 82B Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2000
Doi Numarası: 10.1302/0301-620x.82b2.9967
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-BRITISH VOLUME
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.239-241
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Patients with short congenital amputations below the elbow often function as if they have had a disarticulation of the elbow. We have reviewed the results in six patients who had lengthening of such stumps by the Ilizarov technique to improve the fitting of prostheses.