 Bone Lengthening
"Bone Lengthening" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Increase in the longest dimension of a bone to correct anatomical deficiencies, congenital, traumatic, or as a result of disease. The lengthening is not restricted to long bones. The usual surgical methods are internal fixation and distraction.
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D001852
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.555.120
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bone Lengthening" by people in Profiles.
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Murphy RF, Barfield WR, St Hilaire T, Smith JT, Emans JB, Samdani A, Garg S, Sawyer JR, Pahys JM. Prospectively collected surgeon indications for discontinuation of a lengthening program for early-onset scoliosis. Spine Deform. 2020 02; 8(1):129-133.
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McCarthy JJ, Davidson RS, Ast MP, Cavorsi GM, Swick J. Sagittal plane deformity during femoral lengthening. Orthopedics. 2011 Oct 05; 34(10):e602-4.
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Roth DA, Gosain AK, McCarthy JG, Stracher MA, Lefton DR, Grayson BH. A CT scan technique for quantitative volumetric assessment of the mandible after distraction osteogenesis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997 Apr; 99(5):1237-47; discussion 1248-50.
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Aston JW, Williams SA, Allard RN, Sawamura S, Carollo JJ. A new canine cruciate ligament formed through distraction histogenesis. Report of a pilot study. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1992 Jul; (280):30-6.
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