CLINICAL RESEARCH

Cosmetic Lower Limb Lengthening by Ilizarov Apparatus: What Are The Risks?

Konstantin I. Novikov PhD, Koushik N. Subramanyam MS, Serghei O. Muradisinov MD, Olga S. Novikova MD,
Elina S. Kolesnikova MD
Received: 6 January 2014 / Accepted: 23 June 2014 / Published online: 3 September 2014

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