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01.05.2015 | CORR Insights
CORR Insights®: Incidence and Risk Factors of Allograft Bone Failure After Calcaneal Lengthening
verfasst von:
Laura Bruse Gehrig, MD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 5/2015
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Excerpt
Studies in the literature [
3‐
5], including the current study, focus generally on radiographic anatomic indices and measurements for mechanical correction of a pediatric flatfoot. Risk factors for failure of allograft bone fusion and measures of nutrition and bone metabolism include calcium intake, bone density measurements, serum levels of calcium, phosphate, alkaline phosphatase, total protein albumin, prealbumin, and vitamin D level. Typically, these are not included in such studies. …