Spontaneous healing of an atrophic pseudoarthrosis during femoral lengthening. A case report with six-year follow-up

H. R. Song; S. H. Cho; K. H. Koo; S. T. Jeong

doi:10.1007/s002640050326

Spontaneous healing of an atrophic pseudoarthrosis during femoral lengthening. A case report with six-year follow-up

H. R. Song^*
, S. H. Cho
, K. H. Koo
, S. T. Jeong

^*Corresponding author for this work

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A seven-year old girl developed an atrophic pseudoarthrosis at the midshaft of the femur with 8.5 cm of femoral shortening after an open type II fracture. During a femoral lengthening procedure, the pseudoarthrosis filled with spontaneous callus formation and bone union was obtained.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	126-127
Number of pages	2
Journal	International Orthopaedics
Volume	23
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s002640050326
Publication status	Published - 1999 May
Externally published	Yes

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Spontaneous healing of an atrophic pseudoarthrosis during femoral lengthening. A case report with six-year follow-up

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