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MeSH Heading: Ilizarov Technique
Tree Number(s): E02.718.472.380; E04.555.120.380
Unique ID: D018889
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018889
Scope Note: A bone fixation technique using an external fixator (FIXATORS, EXTERNAL) for lengthening limbs, correcting pseudarthroses and other deformities, and assisting the healing of otherwise hopeless traumatic or pathological fractures and infections, such as chronic osteomyelitis. The method was devised by the Russian orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov (1921-1992). (From Bull Hosp Jt Dis 1992 Summer;52(1):1)
Entry Term(s): Ilizarov Method; Ilizarov Technic
Previous Indexing: Bone Lengthening (1981-1995); External Fixators (1990-1995); Orthopedic Fixation Devices (1971-1995)
See Also: Osteogenesis, Distraction
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/08
Revision Date: 2022/07/12

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Concept UI: M0028248
Scope Note: A bone fixation technique using an external fixator (FIXATORS, EXTERNAL) for lengthening limbs, correcting pseudarthroses and other deformities, and assisting the healing of otherwise hopeless traumatic or pathological fractures and infections, such as chronic osteomyelitis. The method was devised by the Russian orthopedic surgeon Gavriil Abramovich Ilizarov (1921-1992). (From Bull Hosp Jt Dis 1992 Summer;52(1):1)
Terms: Ilizarov Technique Preferred Term
Term UI T056305
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Ilizarov Method
Term UI T056303
Date08/25/1994
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Ilizarov Technic
Term UI T056304
Date09/01/1994
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

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