The Accordion Maneuver: A Noninvasive Strategy for Absent or Delayed Callus Formation in Cases of Limb Lengthening

The distraction osteogenesis (DO) technique has been used worldwide to treat many orthopaedic conditions. Although successful, absent or delayed callus formation in the distraction gap can lead to significant morbidities. An alternate cycle of distraction-compression (accordion maneuver) is one appr...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Asim M. Makhdom, Adrian Sever Cartaleanu, Juan Sebastian Rendon, Isabelle Villemure, Reggie C. Hamdy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Advances in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/912790
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!