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Halo-pelvic traction: a means of correcting severe spinal deformities.
FIG 2. Photographs of patients in the Duchess of Kent Children’s Hospital with the apparatus in situ FIG 1. Three specimens of the halo-pelvic traction apparatus donated to the Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences by the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, in March 1996: the (a) classical and two later versions that incorporate (b) mechanical and (c) electronic measuring gauges
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: South African Journal of Physiotherapy
سال: 1978
ISSN: 2410-8219,0379-6175
DOI: 10.4102/sajp.v34i3.1140