Plate-assisted bone-segment transport in the femur with 2 internal lengthening nails: a technical note and a case report
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https://doi.org/10.2340/17453674.2023.18493Keywords:
bone transport nail, Bone tumours, custom made, distraction osteogenesis, double lengthening nailAbstract
A novel technique to resolve large bone defects, using 2 internal lengthening nails (ILNs), one antegrade and one retro-grade, aligned in a custom-made tube is presented. A 28-year-old, healthy, asymptomatic male presented with a slowly growing mass in the left femur.
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