Preliminary Results of Bone Lengthening over Telescopic Titanium Intramedullary Rod

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Patient S., osteogenesis imperfecta, type I, radiographs: (a) preoperative full-size standing radiographs; (b) intraoperative radiographs: double osteotomy of the right femur. Note open-wedge proximal osteotomy; (c) consecutive radiographs demonstrating increasing gap between fragments and developing bone regenerate during distraction period; (d) full-size standing radiograph of lower limbs, satisfactory alignment and lengthening of right limb; and (e) full-size standing radiograph of lower limbs in 3 months after frame removal, satisfactory alignment of the lengthened of right limb (anatomical position of the mechanical lower limb axis).

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