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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Orthopedic Procedures > Fracture Fixation > Ilizarov Technique
Therapeutics > Orthopedic Procedures > Fracture Fixation > Ilizarov Technique
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Orthopedic Procedures > Bone Lengthening > Ilizarov Technique
Therapeutics > Orthopedic Procedures > Bone Lengthening > Ilizarov Technique

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Ilizarov Technique  

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  • Ilizarov Method
  • Ilizarov Technic
  • Method, Ilizarov
  • Technic, Ilizarov

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  • A bone fixation technique using an external fixator (FIXATORS, EXTERNAL) for lengthening limbs, correcting pseudarthroses and other deformities, and assisting the healing of otherwise hopeless traumatic or pathological fractures and infections, such as chronic osteomyelitis. The method was devised by the Russian orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov (1921-1992). (From Bull Hosp Jt Dis 1992 Summer;52(1):1)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018889

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