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TREATMENT OF INEQUALITY OF THE LOWER LIMBS

The Results of Operations for Stimulation of Growth



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Abstract

1. The results are reported of a series of operations designed to stimulate growth of the bones of the lower limb by the insertion of pegs of bone or ivory close to the epiphysial cartilage.

2. The evidence is that growth was stimulated in twelve of twenty-eight patients.

3. Growth is more likely to be stimulated if the operation is done on children between the chronological ages of six and twelve.

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