Mended But Not Healed - Somatic and Mental Health 10 Years after Leg Lengthening with Ilizarov
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Mended But Not Healed - Somatic and Mental Health 10 Years after Leg Lengthening with Ilizarov
Objective: To study the somatic and mental health in patients who had leg lengthening (LL) in a 10-year follow-up and to compare it with the 1 year-follow-up. Earlier studies have demonstrated severe maladaptive reactions in children and adolescents on a short term basis but also that they tolerate it without sustained psychological impact. Cohort sequential longitudinal studies, in which indiv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Depression and Anxiety
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2167-1044
DOI: 10.4172/2167-1044.1000151