"Bone Lengthening" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Increase in the longest dimension of a bone to correct anatomical deficiencies, congenital, traumatic, or as a result of disease. The lengthening is not restricted to long bones. The usual surgical methods are internal fixation and distraction.
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D001852
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.555.120
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bone Lengthening" by people in Profiles.
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Robertson E, Murphy RF, Anari JB, Emans JB, Sponseller PD, Samdani AF, Smith JT, Barfield WR, Mooney JF. Incidence of Parental Requests to Discontinue Growth-Friendly Surgical Lengthening for Early Onset Scoliosis. Orthopedics. 2024 Nov-Dec; 47(6):e311-e316.
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Murphy RF, Barfield WR, St Hilaire T, Smith JT, Emans JB, Samdani A, Garg S, Sawyer JR, Pahys JM. Prospectively collected surgeon indications for discontinuation of a lengthening program for early-onset scoliosis. Spine Deform. 2020 02; 8(1):129-133.
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Bayhan IA, Karatas AF, Rogers KJ, Bowen JR, Thacker MM. Comparing Percutaneous Physeal Epiphysiodesis and Eight-Plate Epiphysiodesis for the Treatment of Limb Length Discrepancy. J Pediatr Orthop. 2017 Jul/Aug; 37(5):323-327.
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Bhave A, Shabtai L, Woelber E, Apelyan A, Paley D, Herzenberg JE. Muscle strength and knee range of motion after femoral lengthening. Acta Orthop. 2017 Apr; 88(2):179-184.
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Hamdy RC, Montpetit K, Aiona MD, MacKenzie WG, van Bosse HJ, Narayanan U, Raney EM, Chafetz RS, Thomas SE, Weir S, Gregory S, Yorgova P, Takahashi S, Rinaldi M, Zhang X, Dahan-Oliel N. Safety and Efficacy of Botulinum Toxin A in Children Undergoing Lower Limb Lengthening and Deformity Correction: Results of a Double-blind, Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pediatr Orthop. 2016 Jan; 36(1):48-55.
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Giannini S, Faldini C, Pagkrati S, Miscione MT, Luciani D. One-stage metatarsal lengthening by allograft interposition: a novel approach for congenital brachymetatarsia. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2010 Jul; 468(7):1933-42.
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Gabos PG, Bowen JR. Epiphyseal-metaphyseal enchondromatosis. A new clinical entity. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1998 Jun; 80(6):782-92.
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Sharma M, MacKenzie WG, Bowen JR. Severe tibial growth retardation in total fibular hemimelia after limb lengthening. J Pediatr Orthop. 1996 Jul-Aug; 16(4):438-44.
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Younger AS, Mackenzie WG, Morrison JB. Femoral forces during limb lengthening in children. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1994 Apr; (301):55-63.