Distraction Osteogenesis of the Lower Extremity with Use of Monolateral External Fixation. A Study of Two Hundred and Sixty-one Femora and Tibiae*

Abstract
We reviewed the results of distraction osteogenesis of 114 femora and 147 tibiae that had been lengthened to treat a variety of diagnoses. The femora had been lengthened an average of eleven centimeters (range, 3.5 to 17.0 centimeters), or 48 per cent (range, 8 to 86 per cent) of the original femora

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