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The rate of 1 mm/day divided into 4 or 60 increments was optimal for bone regenerate formation [1] but such method of lengthening is very time-consuming.
As the public health system in South Korea would not fund tibial lengthening procedures over an intramedullary nail, some patients opted for the standard method of lengthening.
In the group treated with the standard method of lengthening, the external fixator was removed when there radiographic evidence of cortical union.
The method of lengthening over a rod has been described [ 2, 21], and more recently lengthening and plating in the tibia as well [ 22].
The Ilizarov method of lengthening was used with a circular or hybrid external fixation device either with or without an intramedullary tibial nail.
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However, there is no safe method of leg lengthening in THA for a severely dislocated hip, and it is recommended to make additional femoral cuts in cases requiring leg lengthenings >40 mm, with intraoperative assessment of nerve palpation.
Serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) was first described in 2003 as a method for lengthening and tapering of the bowel in short bowel syndrome.
Among them, rotation advancement technique, so called Millard method, has been widely used because of lengthening effect and preserving more adequate Cupid's bow dimple component than previous triangular flaps [1].
Moreover, we complement these algorithms with device energy aware method to lengthen the available time of video services.
Open image in new window Fig. 1 Serial X-ray of a case of lengthening over nail: a before lengthening.
In our investigations, the method of intestinal lengthening reported by Park et al. was employed, since this method was used successfully in several reports.
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