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A Fully Implantable, Programmable Distraction Nail (Fitbone) — New Perspectives for Corrective and Reconstructive Limb Surgery

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Practice of Intramedullary Locked Nails

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  1. Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik Innenstadt, Klinikum der LMU München, Nussbaumstraße 20, 80336, München, Germany

    R. Baumgart, P. Thaller, S. Hinterwimmer, M. Krammer, T. Hierl & W. Mutschler

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, Republic of China

    Kwok-Sui Leung

  2. Centre de Traumatologie et d’Orthopédie, 10 Avenue A. Baumann, 67400, Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France

    Gilbert Taglang

  3. Klinik und Poliklinik für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Gießen, Rudolf-Buchheim-Str. 7, 35385, Gießen, Germany

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  4. Department of Surgery, Academisch Ziekenhuis, De Boelelaan 1117, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    H. J. T. M. Haarman

  5. Rewentlowstr. 48, 22605, Hamburg, Germany

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Baumgart, R., Thaller, P., Hinterwimmer, S., Krammer, M., Hierl, T., Mutschler, W. (2006). A Fully Implantable, Programmable Distraction Nail (Fitbone) — New Perspectives for Corrective and Reconstructive Limb Surgery. In: Leung, KS., et al. Practice of Intramedullary Locked Nails. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32345-7_19

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