Abstract
This is a case illustrating a 4.5 cm femur lengthening for congenital limb-length discrepancy (LLD). The Precice internal lengthening nail was used and the recovery was fast with normal unassisted walking at 4 months.
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Rozbruch, S.R. (2015). Case 1: Femur Lengthening with Precice Internal Lengthening Nail. In: Rozbruch, S., Hamdy, R. (eds) Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18020-5_227
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