INVITED REVIEW ARTICLE

Limb Lengthening by Implantable Limb Lengthening Devices

Kevin Debiparshad, MD, FRCSC, Dror Paley, MD, FRCSC, Matthew Harris, MD, MBA, and Daniel Prince, MD, MPH

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